Contributors to this special issue propose that the material turn in comparative literature emerges out of (rather than against) what is perceived to be its oppositional figure: poststructuralist thought and the linguistic turn. This insight, they argue, urges us to reconsider the material turn not as a new development in the history of the humanities, but as a set of ongoing concerns, insights, and methods across time.
Contributors: Jan Baetens, Isabel Hofmeyr, Birgit Mara Kaiser, Sander van Maas, Jessica Pressman, Kiene Brillenburg Wurth, John David Zuern