Bücher der Reihe SUNY series, Literature . . . in Theory

Reconsiders the figure of synaesthesia, understood as the combination of the senses and of the arts, in philosophy and literature.

Explores the various ways in which poetic and philosophical writing meet in texts by, and on, Paul Celan.

Examines four discourses by Kierkegaard, arguing that they play a critical and surprising role in his oeuvre and contribute to the philosophy of figural language.

Focuses on how nuances of poetic form alter how we have come to understand cultural aspects of time.

An innovative philosophical meditation on the muteness of Holocaust survivors and the human faculty of storytelling.

Juxtaposes five contemporary French poets, illuminating the philosophical elements of their work while making their sometimes difficult writing newly accessible.

Explores how violence structures language and the writing of literature and philosophy.

Reconsiders mostly German narratives from around 1800 to recover echoes of a queer messianic that still resonate today.