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On Reading Berlant Reading the World

On Reading Berlant Reading the World This essay offers a close reading of Lauren Berlant’s posthumously published book, On the Inconvenience of Other People (2022), while addressing its place in the critic’s body of work, especially in relation to the field changing project of Cruel Optimism (2011).This is a Lauren Berlant book . . . which means that readers are tasked with following a critical eye that has grown increasingly more interested in when and how clarity falters . . . than in marshaling cultural criticism to shore up the pretense of understanding and knowing. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Literary History Oxford University Press

On Reading Berlant Reading the World

American Literary History , Volume 35 (2): 11 – May 11, 2023

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Oxford University Press
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© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com
ISSN
0896-7148
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1468-4365
DOI
10.1093/alh/ajad008
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Abstract

This essay offers a close reading of Lauren Berlant’s posthumously published book, On the Inconvenience of Other People (2022), while addressing its place in the critic’s body of work, especially in relation to the field changing project of Cruel Optimism (2011).This is a Lauren Berlant book . . . which means that readers are tasked with following a critical eye that has grown increasingly more interested in when and how clarity falters . . . than in marshaling cultural criticism to shore up the pretense of understanding and knowing.

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American Literary HistoryOxford University Press

Published: May 11, 2023

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