{"title":"Caroline Levine","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaroline Levine’s works invite readers to explore the intersections of literature, culture, and critical theory. Her writing, exemplified by titles such as \u003cem\u003eForms\u003c\/em\u003e, delves into the structures that shape both texts and society, offering fresh perspectives on how meaning is constructed across various art forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for those interested in probing the dynamics of form and tradition within the arts and culture realm, Levine’s books blend rigorous analysis with accessible insight, challenging readers to reconsider familiar narratives through innovative critical lenses.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"forms-by-caroline-levine-9780691173436","title":"Forms","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eForms\u003c\/em\u003e offers a powerful new answer to one of the most pressing problems facing literary, critical, and cultural studies today—how to connect form to political, social, and historical context. Caroline Levine argues that forms organise not only works of art but also political life—and our attempts to know both art and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInescapable and frequently troubling, forms shape every aspect of our experience. Yet, forms don't impose their order in any simple way. Multiple shapes, patterns, and arrangements, overlapping and colliding, generate complex and unpredictable social landscapes that challenge and unsettle conventional analytic models in literary and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBorrowing the concept of \"affordances\" from design theory, this book investigates the specific ways that four major forms—wholes, rhythms, hierarchies, and networks—have structured culture, politics, and scholarly knowledge across periods. It proposes exciting new ways of linking formalism to historicism and literature to politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLevine rereads both formalist and antiformalist theorists, including Cleanth Brooks, Michel Foucault, Jacques Rancière, Mary Poovey, and Judith Butler. She offers engaging accounts of a wide range of objects, from medieval convents and modern theme parks to Sophocles's \u003cem\u003eAntigone\u003c\/em\u003e and the television series \u003cem\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a radically new way of thinking about form for the next generation and essential reading for scholars and students across the humanities who must wrestle with the problem of form and context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596427837676,"sku":"9780691173436","price":53.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691173436-forms.jpg?v=1777925072"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/caroline-levine.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}