Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950–2009)
Autor von Epistemology of the Closet
Über den Autor
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick is Distinguished Professor of English at City University of New York Graduate Center
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Werke von Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
Performativity and Performance (Essays from the English Institute) (1995) — Herausgeber; Einführung — 46 Exemplare
“Queer and Now” — Autor — 1 Exemplar
Paranoid læsning & reparativ læsning 1 Exemplar
Genders - Art, Literature, Film, History - 1: "A Bit of Her Flesh", et al., Spring 1988 (1988) — Herausgeber — 1 Exemplar
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Tales of Henry James [Norton Critical Edition] (1984) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 239 Exemplare
The Columbia Reader on Lesbians & Gay Men in Media, Society, and Politics (1999) — Mitwirkender — 80 Exemplare
The Routledge Queer Studies Reader (Routledge Literature Readers) (2012) — Mitwirkender — 55 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky
- Geburtstag
- 1950-05-02
- Todestag
- 2009-04-12
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Sterbeort
- New York, New York, USA
- Todesursache
- breast cancer
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
- Ausbildung
- Cornell University (B.A.|1971)
Yale University (MA|Ph.D|1975) - Berufe
- poet
artist
literary critic
teacher - Beziehungen
- Kosofsky, Rita (parent)
Hertz, Neil (teacher; friend)
Sedgwick, Hal (spouse) - Organisationen
- City University of New York Graduate Center
Duke University
Amherst College
Boston University
Hamilton College - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Brudner Prize (2002)
American Philosophical Society (2006)
David R. Kessler Award (1998)
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Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity… von Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
I was tempted to give this a lower rating because of the tendency toward academic jargon and deconstruction, but slogging through those (for me) less pleasant passages was worth it in the end. The cumulate experience of this text really was one of "reparative reading" in the best sense.
A Buddhist reading of Proust's obsession with reincarnation, atmospheric disturbances, and the way he handles and textualizes refreshment and surprise; bringing Proust into dialogue with Cavafy's poetry to discuss the interplay between desire, pedagogy, and the act of writing; Sedgwick's assessment of queer theory today and an urge—knowing she was soon to die—for a reassessment of Hocquenghem's work; all of these pieces then hinge around the personal as revolutionary, making art as a means of leaving pieces of oneself behind, and how suffering, transcending, and becoming aware of one's limitations and one's own mortality all inform the act of reading and the theoretical scope of any given project. The last chapter, Sedgwick's personal reflections as her end grew nearer, is harrowing just as it is enlightening. The world has lost a pioneering and truly radical intellect.… (mehr)
What I found most impressive in this work of literary criticism was the close readings of novels by Melville, Wilde, Proust, James, and Thackery. The considerations of cultural studies leaned a bit more into academic jargon than I could appreciate, but the book held my interest nonetheless.
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