INTERVIEW: ROBERT EAGLESTONE

EAGLESTONE Robert

doi:10.24193/subbphilo.2022.3.02

Authors

EAGLESTONE Robert Royal Holloway, University of London. Email: R.Eaglestone@rhul.ac.uk

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2022.3.02

Abstract

Q: Literary history, be it national, local, or regional, is perhaps the most conservative form of literary study, with many claiming that the method is outmoded. What can literary histories do to overcome both the risk of obsolescence and their inherent conservatism?

A: I’m not sure it is the most conservative form of literary study: I think all forms of literary study might have more progressive or more conservative modes. However, I see where this question is coming from.

Author Biography

EAGLESTONE Robert, Royal Holloway, University of London. Email: R.Eaglestone@rhul.ac.uk

Robert EAGLESTONE is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London. He works on contemporary literature and literary theory, contemporary philosophy and on Holocaust and Genocide studies. He is the author of eight books, including The Broken Voice: Reading Post-Holocaust Literature (Oxford UP, 2017), Literature: Why it matters (Polity, 2019) and Truth and Wonder: a literary introduction to Plato and Aristotle (Routledge 2022). He is the editor or co-editor of ten further books, including Brexit and Literature (London: Routledge, 2018) and The Routledge Companion to Twenty First Century Literary Fiction (Routledge, 2019). His work has been translated into seven languages. Email: R.Eaglestone@rhul.ac.uk