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Fiction Agonistes Stanford University Press Stanford California Fiction Agonistes In Defense of Literature Gregory Jusdanis Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 2010 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including pho- tocopying and recording, or in any information storage or re- trieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival- quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jusdanis, Gregory, 1955– Fiction agonistes : in defense of literature / Gregory Jusdanis. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8047-6875-7 (cloth : alk. paper)— ISBN 978-0-8047-6876-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Literature—Aesthetics. 2. Literature—Philosophy. 3. Autonomy (Philosophy) in literature. I. Title. PN45.J87 2010 801'.93—dc22 2009021943 Typeset by Thompson Type in 10.9/13 Garamond Contents Acknowledgments vii Preface: An Autobiography of the Book 1 § 1 Overture and Themes 6 § 2 Art’s Apology 19 § 3 Of Two Autonomies 36 § 4 Art as Parabasis 56 § 5 The Line Between Living and Pretending 78 § 6 The Future of a Fiction: Or, Is There a Parabatic in the Paratactic? 101 Notes 121 References 133 Index 153 Acknowledgments If literature needs a defense, friends and family deserve acknowledg- ment. My wife, Julian Anderson, has gone over every line I have pub- lished with her novelist’s eye. She has always encouraged me to become a better writer. Where would I be without the prodding, advice, and friendly ear of Vassilis Lambropoulos? Jim Zafris, the most literate law- yer, marked the pages with his practical pen. As a student and colleague, Ric Rader plodded through the manuscript twice, helping me stay rel- evant. Only a careful editor, like Jim Phelan, could be so bold in his sug- gestions for cutting. And how often did Roland Greene help me, though we have met only twice? My children—Adrian, Alexander, and Clare—deserve my gratitude for having had to listen over the years to more than their share of talk about literature and the autonomous aesthetic. Having read an early draft of the manuscript, Jochen Schulte-Sasse suggested a number of revisions. Nina Berman, Dick Davis, and Yiorgos Anagnostou provided valuable bibliographic references and explanations about key facts and ideas. Sebastian Knowles shared with me his vast knowledge of English modernism. The College of Humanities at The Ohio State University provided me with time to complete this project. Emily-Jane Cohen of Stanford University Press proved a tenacious, well-informed editor. Sarah Crane Newman, her assistant, was prompt, helpful, and efficient. I also thank the two anonymous readers whose comments helped sharpen the argument. Margaret Pinette supervised the copyediting process with great professionalism. I dedicate this book to my mother and late father, who, although they could not read my work, always supported it. Fiction Agonistes
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