Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network

A radically new way of thinking about form and context in literature, politics, and beyond

Forms offers a powerful new answer to one of the most pressing problems facing literary, critical, and cultural studies today—how to connect form to political, social, and historical context. Caroline Levine argues that forms organize not only works of art but also political life—and our attempts to know both art and politics. Inescapable and frequently troubling, forms shape every aspect of our experi...