The Task of the Critic Poetics Philosophy Religion 1st Edition by Henry Sussman ISBN 082324850X 9780823248506

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ISBN 10: 082324850X 
ISBN 13: 9780823248506
Author: Henry Sussman

Today’s critic must be something of a philosopher as well as a poet. Yet her work remains above all that of the close reader, and the emergence of the values embodied by the close reader to stand alongside those of the philosopher and the poet may be one of the most significant intellectual developments to emerge in the post–World War II years.

This book analyzes the language poets, Deleuze and Guattari, and above all Benjamin and Derrida, to trace the various dimensions of the task of the critic. It concludes with a major chapter on the significance of Derrida’s recent work for the conceptualization of religion, and with an Afterword examining the role of the Romantic discourse of the fragment in the archeology of all these discursive strands.

The task of the critic, now invited to pass through the discourses of philosophy, poetry, and religion beyond that of close reading, has never been harder―nor have we ever been more in need of it.

The Task of the Critic Poetics Philosophy Religion 1st Table of contents:

• 1. The Task of the Critic: A Game of Registers

  • This introductory chapter likely sets up the book’s central argument: that contemporary criticism must move beyond close reading to engage with the discourses of philosophy, poetics, and religion.

• 2. Prolegomena to Any Present and Future Language Poetry

  • This chapter analyzes the “language poets,” a group of avant-garde writers, and their challenge to traditional poetics. It likely explores how their work requires a new kind of critical engagement.

• 3. Walter, the Critic

  • This chapter is a deep dive into the work of Walter Benjamin, a key figure in critical theory. It focuses on his essays on aesthetics, translation, and the role of the critic as a figure who can see the “afterlife” of a work of art.

• 4. Between the Registers: The Arcades Project, the Talmud, and Glas

  • This chapter builds on the previous one, creating a dialogue between Benjamin’s monumental, fragmented Arcades Project, the interpretative tradition of the Talmud, and Jacques Derrida’s complex work Glas. This section explores the relationship between fragmentation, commentary, and criticism.

• 5. Deterritorializing the Text: Flow Theory and Deconstruction

  • This chapter brings in the ideas of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, focusing on their concept of “deterritorialization” and “flow.” It connects their philosophy to the practice of deconstruction, showing how both challenge fixed meanings and boundaries in a text.

• 6. Derrida as Critic: A Joycean Odyssey

  • This chapter is a core part of the book, focusing on Jacques Derrida’s approach to criticism. It connects Derrida’s methods of close reading and textual analysis to James Joyce’s complex, multilayered prose, framing Derrida’s work as a “Joycean odyssey” of linguistic exploration.

• 7. The Fourth

  • This is the major chapter on religion. It analyzes Derrida’s later work and its significance for understanding the conceptualization of religion. Sussman proposes the critic’s performance as a “fourth” Abrahamic religion, alongside Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, highlighting the performative and ethical dimensions of critical work.

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