{"product_id":"9781405169899","title":"Against Transgression","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCritical Quarterly Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAgainst Transgression\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAshley Tauchert\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoth a controversial account of the transgressive turn in critical thought characteristic of the moral turmoil of the Twentieth Century, and a provocative study of maternal transfiguration in the author's own turn from Transgression, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Transgression\u003c\/i\u003e poses an urgent question for the current generation of literary critics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eStudies the origins of the contemporary proliferation of 'Transgression' in the compelling thought experiments of Georges Bataille, and follows its inauguration as a mode of legitimate critical practice via Michel Foucault.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTracks the author's rejection of Transgression as a legitimate critical methodology following her mother's death and her own maternal transfiguration.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how the po-faced claims of critical methodology can be exploded by genuinely personal reflection.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the place of grief in the transformation of thought.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues against the model of the 'death of god' that underpins the transgressive turn in critical thought, and for a more courageous account of the inevitable return of numinous desires.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the moral responsibility of the critical writer.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the transfiguration of the author from transgressive daughter to maternal agent.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eAshley Tauchert\u003c\/b\u003e is currently Head of the English Department in the School of Arts, Languages and Literatures at the University of Exeter. She established the ‘Institute for Feminist Theory and Research’ with Gillian Howie in 1998, which hosted the international Third Wave Feminism conference at Exeter in 2001. She coordinates the 'Eighteenth-Century Narrative Project' and acts as Associate Editor for \u003ci\u003eCritical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. She has come to enjoy a relatively quiet, reflective life in Devon.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 May 2008\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405169899\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e160\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379074003084,"sku":"9781405169899","price":33.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405169899.jpg?v=1780197958","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405169899","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}