{"product_id":"facing-texts-encounters-between-contemporary-writers-and-critics-edited-by-heide-ziegler","title":"'Facing Texts: Encounters Between Contemporary Writers and Critics' edited by Heide Ziegler","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"467\"\u003eAs a die-hard essay lover, I adore the concept of this. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"467\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"177\"\u003eFacing Texts\u003c\/em\u003e pairs contemporary writers with critics who take their work seriously enough to press on it. The brief is simple: essays, responses, counter-readings. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"469\" data-end=\"974\"\u003eThe table of contents gives you a sense of its range. \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eSusan Sontag\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e on description, \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eDonald Barthelme\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e in conversation with interpretation, \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eRobert Coover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and others orbiting questions of form, authorship, and meaning. There’s a strong late-20th-century theoretical undercurrent—post-structuralism, metafiction, language as material—but it doesn’t stay abstract for long. Each piece is anchored in a specific text, a specific disagreement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"1289\"\u003eIt’s useful if you’re interested in how reading actually happens when people stop pretending texts are stable objects. Less useful if you want clean takes or conclusions. The point here is friction—writer versus critic, text versus interpretation—a good old fashioned pub argument really.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"1289\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1304\" data-end=\"1328\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuke University Press paperback. Noticeable shelf wear with creasing to covers and light edge wear. Internally clean, no markings. Binding remains firm—a well-used but solid reading copy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44556745900115,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext_59.png?v=1777623146","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/facing-texts-encounters-between-contemporary-writers-and-critics-edited-by-heide-ziegler","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}