{"product_id":"pierre-macherey-and-the-case-of-literary-production-paperback-softback-9780810145115","title":"Pierre Macherey and the Case of Literary Production (Paperback \/ softback) 9780810145115","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePierre Macherey and the Case of Literary Production\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWarren Montag (Edited by), Audrey Wasser (Edited by), Pierre Macherey (Contributions by), Nathan Brown (Contributions by), David Marriott (Contributions by), Nick Nesbitt (Contributions by), Ellen Rooney (Contributions by), Joseph Serrano (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780810145115\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 August 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 1 b\u0026amp;w image\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 14.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.152 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“With its exquisitely written preface and stimulating contributions by Macherey and other scholars, this collection brings long-overdue attention to the neglected and misunderstood elements of Macherey’s work, making that work a timely rejoinder to debates on a range of vital issues: reading and discursivity, the relationship between literature and philosophy, the politics of form and formalism, and the legacy of the Althusserian project. At a time when anti-intellectualism holds thought in its sway, in academe as elsewhere, the interventionist import of this volume cannot be overstated.” —Rey Chow, author of \u003ci\u003eA Face Drawn in Sand: Humanistic Inquiry and Foucault in the Present\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bringing together a stellar cast of writers and scholars, this collection offers a most eloquent testimony to the lasting enigma of Pierre Macherey’s brilliant if also frequently misread first book, \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Literary Production\u003c\/i\u003e. Audrey Wasser and Warren Montag prove the continued relevance of Macherey’s proposal in the context of French Marxism and its creative dialogue with psychoanalysis, the history of the sciences, and the critique of ideology.” —Bruno Bosteels, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Actuality of Communism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis collection revisits \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Literary Production\u003c\/i\u003e (1966) to show how Pierre Macherey’s remarkable—and still provocative—early work can contribute to contemporary discussions about the act of reading and the politics of formal analysis. Across a series of historically and philosophically contextualized readings, the volume’s contributors interrogate Macherey’s work on a range of pressing issues, including the development of a theory of reading and criticism, the relationship between the spoken and the unspoken, the labor of poetic determination and of literature’s resistance to ideological context, the literary relevance of a Spinozist materialism, the process of racial subjectification and the ontology of Blackness, and a theorization of the textual surface. \u003ci\u003ePierre Macherey and the Case of Literary Production\u003c\/i\u003e also includes three new texts by Macherey, presented here in English for the first time: his postface to the revised French edition of \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Literary Production\u003c\/i\u003e; “Reading Althusser,” in which Macherey analyzes the concept of symptomatic reading; and a comprehensive interview in which Macherey reflects on the historical conditions of his early work, the long arc of his career at the intersection of philosophy and literature, and the ongoing importance of Louis Althusser’s thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecent translations of Macherey’s work into English have introduced new readers to the critic’s enduring power and originality. Timely in its questions and teeming with fresh insights, \u003ci\u003ePierre Macherey and the Case of Literary Production\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the depths to which his work resonates, now more than ever.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface - Warren Montag and Audrey Wasser\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostface to \u003ci\u003ePour une thÉ\u003cbr\u003eorie de la production littÉ\u003cbr\u003eraire\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) - Pierre Macherey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Why Read, Macherey? - Audrey Wasser\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Spoken and Unspoken - Ellen Rooney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Baudelaire’\u003cbr\u003es Shadow: On Poetic Determination - Nathan Brown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. What is Materialist Analysis? Pierre Macherey’\u003cbr\u003es Spinozist Epistemology - Nick Nesbitt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Blackness: N’\u003cbr\u003eest Pas? - David Marriott\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. What Do We Mean When We Speak of the Surface of a Text? - Warren Montag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Reading Althusser - Pierre Macherey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Between Literature and Philosophy: An Interview with Pierre Macherey - Pierre Macherey and Joseph Serrano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography of Works by Pierre Macherey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702483808536,"sku":"9780810145115","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/pierre-macherey-and-the-case-of-literary-production-paperback-softback-9780810145115","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}