Russell West-Pavlov Livres

Temporalities presents a concise critical introduction to the treatment of time throughout literature. Russell West-Pavlov examines time as a crucial part of the critical theories of Newton, Freud, Ricoeur, Benjamin, and through related concepts, such as psychology, gender and postmodernism. The author also explores representations of time in a broad range of texts, ranging from the writings of St. Augustine and Sterne's Tristram Shandy, to Woolf's Mrs Dalloway and Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. This comprehensive and accessible guide establishes temporality as an essential theme within literary and cultural studies.

The book presents a unique blend of fiction and critical ecological politics, crafted by two scholar-poets from distinct regions: John Kinsella from Western Australia's Wheatlands and Russell West-Pavlov from Württemberg, Germany. Their collaboration explores the intersections of environment, culture, and politics, offering insights into ecological issues through a creative lens. This innovative approach aims to engage readers in critical reflection on contemporary ecological challenges.

The book offers an overview of Eastern African writing in English since the mid-twentieth century. It shows how proximate modes of literary communication, arising out of residual but vibrant traditions of oral communication, blend with contemporary media to produce hybrid genres of proximity specific to Eastern African literary production.