Philosophy
Articles
- Richard Rorty’s Pragmatic Rehabilitation of Literary Criticism as a ‘Kind of Writing’
The contribution of Richard Rorty to literary studies has not gone unnoticed since the passing of the most prominent pragmatist philosopher of his generation in…
1 November 2013 - Strange Kinships: Embodiment and Belief in J.M. Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello
A demand that beliefs be embodied and presented, or indeed placed on trial, forms a persistent refrain of J.M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello. It is…
1 October 2013 - Murnane, Husserl, Derrida: The Scene of Writing
The Australian tradition of literary criticism—insofar as there is one—has been as resistant to influences from Continental philosophy as the British tradition has been. Although…
1 October 1989 - Theory as Fireworks: An Interview with Brian Castro
Castro discusses the relationship of his work to literary theory, questions of authorship, style and genre, and the purpose of literature.
1 May 2002