"Private Anarchy is an ambitious project, which points toward numerous possible ways of (re)thinking literary history. Moving away from the historical idea of the monologue being a means of expression for genius, Buchholz suggests we see the monologue in combination with metalepsis as a literary device that enables authors to think about or even create different communities in fictional writing . . . Buchholz's book is perhaps of special importance today: in a climate of constant virtual monologuing . . . we as a society may need to reconsider our understanding of community, and everything that the word implies." —Eva Erber, Monatshefte— -
“Through insightful analysis, Buchholz deepens our understanding of modernist and contemporary literature by focusing on monologues that both disrupt the framing assumptions of their audiences and gesture towards a new kind of community. Combining formal and historical approaches, this book broadly illuminates the power of literary innovation to reorient discussions of the social imaginary.” —Jeffrey Champlin, author of The Making of a Terrorist: On Classic German Rogues
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“Through insightful analysis, Buchholz deepens our understanding of modernist and contemporary literature by focusing on monologues that both disrupt the framing assumptions of their audiences and gesture towards a new kind of community. Combining formal and historical approaches, this book broadly illuminates the power of literary innovation to reorient discussions of the social imaginary.” —Jeffrey Champlin, author of The Making of a Terrorist: On Classic German Rogues
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"Private Anarchy is an ambitious project, which points toward numerous possible ways of (re)thinking literary history. Moving away from the historical idea of the monologue being a means of expression for genius, Buchholz suggests we see the monologue in combination with metalepsis as a literary device that enables authors to think about or even create different communities in fictional writing . . . Buchholz's book is perhaps of special importance today: in a climate of constant virtual monologuing . . . we as a society may need to reconsider our understanding of community, and everything that the word implies." —Eva Erber, Monatshefte— -