Arnold Weinstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 3626509 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arnold Weinstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arnold |
| FAMILY NAME | Weinstein |
| SIGNATURE | WEINSTEIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Unruly Text and the Rule of Literature
Arnold Weinstein advances the notion that all texts, like all bodies, are unruly, if the reader is expert enough to recognize the organic chaos. Presenting three works that explicitly deal with sick bodies---selections from Winesburg, Ohio, "The Country Doctor," and Mood Indigo---Weinstein methodically unearths elements of plot and form that undermine a superficial order, thereby revealing great chasms in the chain of signification of the works
Nobody's Home
In Nobody's Home, Arnold Weinstein defies the current trends of cultural studies and postmodern criticism to create a sweeping account of American fiction. From Hawthorne's Wakefield to Don deLillo's novels, the book pursues the idea of freedom of speech in the work of American writers. Though many contemporary critics emphasize the ways in which we are bound by the limitations of culture, history and language, Weinstein sees the issue of freedom…
Fictions of the Self
"The Stranger Within Thee"
Fictions of the Self, 1550-1800
The author charts the interaction between self and world through four major phases whereby the self initially has marginal status (the picaresque), begins to flourish and court recognition (Defoe, Marivaux, and Fielding), glows defiant and tries to impose its will on society and the other (Prevost, Richardson, Goethe, and Laclos), and finally makes a prophetic inward turn (Diderot, Sterne, and Rousseau). He shows how these phases also reflect the…
Fictions of the Self
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Fictions of the Self, 1550-1800
The author charts the interaction between self and world through four major phases whereby the self initially has marginal status (the picaresque), begins to flourish and court recognition (Defoe, Marivaux, and Fielding), glows defiant and tries to impose its will on society and the other (Prevost, Richardson, Goethe, and Laclos), and finally makes a prophetic inward turn (Diderot, Sterne, and Rousseau). He shows how these phases also reflect the…
Fictions of the Self
Fictions of the Self
"The Stranger Within Thee"
Nobody's Home
In Nobody's Home, Arnold Weinstein defies the current trends of cultural studies and postmodern criticism to create a sweeping account of American fiction. From Hawthorne's Wakefield to Don deLillo's novels, the book pursues the idea of freedom of speech in the work of American writers. Though many contemporary critics emphasize the ways in which we are bound by the limitations of culture, history and language, Weinstein sees the issue of freedom…
The Unruly Text and the Rule of Literature
Arnold Weinstein advances the notion that all texts, like all bodies, are unruly, if the reader is expert enough to recognize the organic chaos. Presenting three works that explicitly deal with sick bodies---selections from Winesburg, Ohio, "The Country Doctor," and Mood Indigo---Weinstein methodically unearths elements of plot and form that undermine a superficial order, thereby revealing great chasms in the chain of signification of the works
Art (6 works) · History (4 works) · Literature: history, themes, analysis (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Literature (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · American and British Literature Analysis (1 work) · American literature (1 work)