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MIMESIS
The term mimesis has long been used to refer to the relationship between an image and its real original. However, recent theorists have problematized and extended the concept, allowing new perspectives on such key concerns as the nature of identity. Matthew Potolsky offers a clear introduction to this potentially daunting concept, examining:
the foundations of mimetic theory in ancient philosophy, from Plato to Aristotle
three key versions of mimesis: imitatio or rhetorical imitation, theatre and theatricality, and artistic realism
the position of mimesis in modern theories of identity and culture, through theorists such as Freud, Lacan, Girard and Baudrillard
the possible future of mimetic theory in the concept of memes, which connects evolutionary biology and theories of cultural reproduction.
An accessible and broad-ranging study of a term rapidly returning to the forefront of contemporary theory, Mimesis will be a welcome guide for readers in such fields as literature, performance and cultural studies.
Matthew Potolsky is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Utah where he teaches literary theory and modern British and comparative literature. He is co-editor of Perennial Decay: On the Aesthetics and Politics of Decadence (1999) and has published on theory and late nineteenth-century writing.
SERIES EDITOR: JOHN DRAKAKIS, UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING
The New Critical Idiom is an invaluable series of introductory guides to todays critical terminology. Each book:
provides a handy explanatory guide to the use (and abuse) of the term
offers an original and distinctive overview by a leading literary and cultural critic
relates the term to the larger field of cultural representation.
With a strong emphasis on clarity, lively debate and the widest possible breadth of examples, The New Critical Idiom is an indispensable approach to key topics in literary studies.
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Matthew Potolsky
NEW YORK AND LONDON
First published 2006
by Routledge
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Simultaneously published in the UK
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2006 Matthew Potolsky
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Potolsky, Matthew.
Mimesis/by Matthew Potolsky
p. cm. (The new critical idiom)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Mimesis in literature. I. Title. II. Series.
PN56.M536P68 2006
809.912 dc22 2005027397
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
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ISBN 0-203-40100-X Master e-book ISBN
ISBN13: 978-0-203-40100-2 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN13: 978-1-135-99604-8 ePub ISBN
ISBN10: 0-415-70029-9 (hbk)
ISBN10: 0-415-70030-2 (pbk)
ISBN13: 9-78-0-415-70029-0 (hbk)
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The New Critical Idiom is a series of introductory books which seeks to extend the lexicon of literary terms, in order to address the radical changes which have taken place in the study of literature during the last decades of the twentieth century. The aim is to provide clear, well-illustrated accounts of the full range of terminology currently in use, and to evolve histories of its changing use.
The current state of the discipline of literary studies is one where there is considerable debate concerning basic questions of terminology. This involves, among other things, the boundaries which distinguish the literary from the non-literary; the position of literature within the larger sphere of culture; the relationship between literatures of different cultures; and questions concerning the relation of literary to other cultural forms within the context of interdisciplinary studies.
It is clear that the field of literary criticism and theory is a dynamic and heterogeneous one. The present need is for individual volumes on terms which combine clarity of exposition with an adventurousness of perspective and a breadth of application. Each volume will contain as part of its apparatus some indication of the direction in which the definition of particular terms is likely to move, as well as expanding the disciplinary boundaries within which some of these terms have been traditionally contained. This will involve some re-situation of terms within the larger field of cultural representation, and will introduce examples from the area of film and the modern media in addition to examples from a variety of literary texts.
I would like to thank Stacey Margolis, Howard Horwitz, Barry Weller, John Drakakis, Liz Thompson and Megan Becker-Leckrone, who all offered valuable comments on this book. I also owe a debt of gratitude to the students in various incarnations of my course on mimesis, who helped me to work out many of the formulations and approaches to the topic that inform this book. Work on this book was supported in part by a Faculty Fellowship from the University Research Committee at the University of Utah, to whom I am grateful.
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