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Summary:

"This book brings together two pieces of writing. In the first, "After Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick," Jonathan Goldberg assesses her legacy, prompted mainly by writing about Sedgwick's work that has appeared in the years since her death in April 2009. Writing by Lauren Berlant, Jane Gallop, Katy Hawkins, Scott Herring, Lana Lin, and Philomina Tsoukala are among those considered as he explores questions of queer temporality and the breaching of ontological divides. Main concerns include the relationship of Sedgwick's later work in Proust, fiber, and Buddhism to her fundamental contribution to queer theory, and the axes of identification across difference that motivated her work and attachment to it. "Come As You Are," the other piece of writing, is a previously unpublished talk Sedgwick gave in 1999-2000. It represents a significant bridge between her earlier and later work, sharing with her book Tendencies the ambition to discover the "something" that makes queer inextinguishable. In this piece, Sedgwick does that by contemplating her own mortality alongside her creative engagement with Buddhist thought, especially the in-between states named bardos and her newfound energy for making things. These were represented in a show of her fabric art, "Floating Columns/In the Bardo," that accompanied her talk, a number of images of which are included in this book. They feature floating figures suspended in the realization of death. They are objects produced by Sedgwick, made of fabric; they come from her, yet are discontinuous with her, occupying a mode of existence that exceeds the span of human life and the confines of individual identity. They could be put beside the queer transitive identifications across difference that Goldberg's essay explores"--Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

• Prefatory
• After Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. "Then and now" ; After ; "Reality and realization" ; "Twisted temporalities," "Queer temporality" ; "Eve Sedgwick's 'Other materials'" ; "Come as you are" ; "Woven spaces" ; After (again) ; "A pedagogy of love"
• Come as you are. Come as you are ; Floating columns/In the Bardo
• Illustrations. SUNY Stony Brook, fall 1999 ; CUNY Graduate Center, spring 2000.

Author/Creator:

Goldberg, Jonathan , author

Contributors:

Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Included Works:

Come as you are [by Sedgwick, E.K.]

After Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick [by Goldberg, J.]

Subjects:

Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky — Criticism and interpretation

Queer theory

Gay peoples' writings — History and criticism — Theory, etc.

Homosexuality and literature — History — 20th century

Homosexuality and literature — History — 21st century

Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky

1900-2099

Gays' writings

Homosexuality and literature

Criticism and interpretation

Genres:

Literary criticism

Lectures

Essays

History

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-129).
Description based on online resource, viewed April 22, 2021.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 pages) : color illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PS3569.E316 Z7 2021eb

ISBNs:

9781953035448 (electronic bk.)
1953035442 (electronic bk.)
9781953035431 (print) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1247118864