Beschreibung:
This book uses theories of affect (especially Silvan Tomkins's and Melanie Klein's) to offer new interpretations of the poetics of Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and Andy Warhol. It analyzes the peculiar theatricality of the work of these artists in relation to technologies of graphic reproduction, especially television
Acknowledgements Introduction: Affect in the Scene of Writing Chapter 1 Thinking Confusion: On the Compositional Aspect of Affect Chapter 2 Expression and Theatricality, or Medium Poe Chapter 3 Maisie's Spasms: Transferential Poetics in Henry James and Wilfred Bion Chapter 4 Loose Coordinations: Theater and Thinking in Gertrude Stein Chapter 5 Vis-a-vis Television: Andy Warhol's Therapeutics Out and Across Notes Bibliography Index