Diffractive Reading: New Materialism, Theory, Critique

By Kai Merten

Book Overview

Putting the New Materialist figure of diffraction to use in a set of readings - in which cultural texts are materially read against their contents and their themes, against their readers or against other texts - this volume proposes a criticalintervention into the practice of reading itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538155672
• ISBN13: 9781538155677
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary