critical theory in a different key... press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Selective Affinities

Rita Felski’s new work brings literary studies into conversation with more affirmative and democratic forms of critical theory.Literary critics associate the phrase “Frankfurt School” with early twent...

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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

In London October 1!

Leverhulme Trust@leverhulme.ac.uk · 11mo ago

Sign up now for this public lecture by @qmul.bsky.social’s Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, Rita Felski, where she clarifies what a symmetrical perspective involves and surveys some recent examples of scholarship that carve out promising new paths for literary studies. tinyurl.com/bp9wwk5b

I have a title! Look out for “Selective Affinities: Literature and New Critical Theory,” out with @uchicagopress in 2026

Stop! In the Name of Love

UVA Press@uvapress.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy #ValentinesDay! "Love, Etc.: Essays on Contemporary Literature and Culture", edited by @ritafelski.bsky.social and Camilla Schwartz "An outstanding volume – well written, timely, and intelligent – embracing pop culture, philosophy, poetry, and the novel." upress.virginia.edu/title/10019/

my attempt to work out some of the reasons for the non-relation between lit crit and present-day Frankfurt School thought! (would love to hear from anyone working on similar issues) www.academia.edu/126808814/SO...

SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY CONTRA LITERARY STUDIES

why do literary criticism and the contemporary Frankfurt School have nothing to say to each other? Chapter 2 of "Reading with the New Frankfurt School"

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A great assessment of the current state of lit crit!❤️

Toril Moi@torilmoi.bsky.social · 2y ago

My review essay "Crisis in the Profession, or the Failure to Imagine the New"on recent books by Bruce Robbins, Jonathan Kramnick, and John Guillory is out in ALH! Also discusses Robbins and Guillory's treatment of Rita Felski. Free link: tinyurl.com/mryk9bva .