Rex Ferguson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3947742 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rex Ferguson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rex |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferguson |
| SIGNATURE | FERGUSON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | English Literature, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1498-4712 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Gumbrecht, Faulkner and the presence of heat
In setting out to examine the existence of presence, as opposed to meaning, in literature this essay draws on the work of Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht whose recent record of publications has formed a sustained response to this issue. Situating Gumbrecht’s work within two contexts – its debt to a phenomenological heritage and its congruence with more recent literary criticism – the essay argues for a renewed emphasis on presence via the concept of mood o…
The literary hand: Handwriting, fingerprinting, typewriting
Criminal Law and the Modernist Novel: Experience on Trial
Personal Impressions: Fingerprints, Freud and Conrad
In 1901, fingerprinting was first implemented by Scotland Yard for the purposes of criminal identification. Recording identity in the imprint left by a body’s digits allowed for the identification of individuals on a mass scale, ‘fixing’ their identity with apparently incontrovertible certainty. But in this essay it will be argued that the fingerprint also served as an example of a much more enigmatic and ‘impressionistic’ identity that was share…
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Criminal Law and the Modernist Novel: Experience on Trial
Personal Impressions: Fingerprints, Freud and Conrad
In 1901, fingerprinting was first implemented by Scotland Yard for the purposes of criminal identification. Recording identity in the imprint left by a body’s digits allowed for the identification of individuals on a mass scale, ‘fixing’ their identity with apparently incontrovertible certainty. But in this essay it will be argued that the fingerprint also served as an example of a much more enigmatic and ‘impressionistic’ identity that was share…
The literary hand: Handwriting, fingerprinting, typewriting
Gumbrecht, Faulkner and the presence of heat
In setting out to examine the existence of presence, as opposed to meaning, in literature this essay draws on the work of Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht whose recent record of publications has formed a sustained response to this issue. Situating Gumbrecht’s work within two contexts – its debt to a phenomenological heritage and its congruence with more recent literary criticism – the essay argues for a renewed emphasis on presence via the concept of mood o…
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