Lene Johannessen is professor of American literature at the University of Bergen. Mark Ledbetter is executive director of the Southern Humanities Council.

• AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresIntroduction: Aesthetic Imaginaries EmergingLene JohannessenPart One: ImageChapter 1. The Aesthetic Imaginary and the Case of Ernie Gehr Asbjørn GrønstadChapter 2. Panorama, Glitch, and Photospheres: Machine Vision and the Ghost in the MachineScott RettbergChapter 3. Museum, Magic, Memory: A Curatorial Aesthetic ImaginaryJulie AdamsChapter 4. Transcultural Literacy: Reading the “Other,” Shifting Aesthetic Imaginaries Jena Habegger-ContiChapter 5. Tomas van Houtryve's Shadow Imaginaries Øyvind Va°gnesPart Two: TextChapter 6. “Syon Gostly”: Crafting Aesthetic Imaginaries and Stylistics of Existence in Medieval Devotional CultureLaura Saeveit MilesChapter 7. David Jones, The BBC and British Identities: Negotiating Social and Aesthetic ImaginariesErik TonningChapter 8. Technology, Visual Perception and the Aesthetic Imaginary in The Poetry of Alan Gillis and Sine´ad Morrissey Anne KarhioChapter 9. Imagining Imaginaries in Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in The AtticLene JohannessenChapter 10. Convent and Convention: Imagining Birth-Mothers in Dermot Bolger’s A Second LifeJohn McLeodChapter 11. The Textual Oddbody: Ripp(L)ing Aesthetic Imaginaries in Service of Justice—OR—Reader, Take Your Time Susan G. CumingsAfterword: “In the ‘Imaginary Garden’ the ‘Toads’ are Imaginary too: An Aesthetic of Desire, an Ethics of Precious” Mark LedbetterIndexAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors

Demonstrating that the aesthetic imaginary cannot be confined to just one category, discipline, or period, the thoughtful and thought-provoking discussions of different kinds of texts in this volume present the reader with a range of inroads into the meanings and applications of a concept that proves to be not just helpful but indispensable. This is a significant contribution to literary and cultural studies as well as to film studies.

Lene Johannessen is professor of American literature at the University of Bergen. Mark Ledbetter is executive director of the Southern Humanities Council.

• AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresIntroduction: Aesthetic Imaginaries EmergingLene JohannessenPart One: ImageChapter 1. The Aesthetic Imaginary and the Case of Ernie Gehr Asbjørn GrønstadChapter 2. Panorama, Glitch, and Photospheres: Machine Vision and the Ghost in the MachineScott RettbergChapter 3. Museum, Magic, Memory: A Curatorial Aesthetic ImaginaryJulie AdamsChapter 4. Transcultural Literacy: Reading the “Other,” Shifting Aesthetic Imaginaries Jena Habegger-ContiChapter 5. Tomas van Houtryve's Shadow Imaginaries Øyvind Va°gnesPart Two: TextChapter 6. “Syon Gostly”: Crafting Aesthetic Imaginaries and Stylistics of Existence in Medieval Devotional CultureLaura Saeveit MilesChapter 7. David Jones, The BBC and British Identities: Negotiating Social and Aesthetic ImaginariesErik TonningChapter 8. Technology, Visual Perception and the Aesthetic Imaginary in The Poetry of Alan Gillis and Sine´ad Morrissey Anne KarhioChapter 9. Imagining Imaginaries in Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in The AtticLene JohannessenChapter 10. Convent and Convention: Imagining Birth-Mothers in Dermot Bolger’s A Second LifeJohn McLeodChapter 11. The Textual Oddbody: Ripp(L)ing Aesthetic Imaginaries in Service of Justice—OR—Reader, Take Your Time Susan G. CumingsAfterword: “In the ‘Imaginary Garden’ the ‘Toads’ are Imaginary too: An Aesthetic of Desire, an Ethics of Precious” Mark LedbetterIndexAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors

Demonstrating that the aesthetic imaginary cannot be confined to just one category, discipline, or period, the thoughtful and thought-provoking discussions of different kinds of texts in this volume present the reader with a range of inroads into the meanings and applications of a concept that proves to be not just helpful but indispensable. This is a significant contribution to literary and cultural studies as well as to film studies.

Lene Johannessen is professor of American literature at the University of Bergen. Mark Ledbetter is executive director of the Southern Humanities Council.

• AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresIntroduction: Aesthetic Imaginaries EmergingLene JohannessenPart One: ImageChapter 1. The Aesthetic Imaginary and the Case of Ernie Gehr Asbjørn GrønstadChapter 2. Panorama, Glitch, and Photospheres: Machine Vision and the Ghost in the MachineScott RettbergChapter 3. Museum, Magic, Memory: A Curatorial Aesthetic ImaginaryJulie AdamsChapter 4. Transcultural Literacy: Reading the “Other,” Shifting Aesthetic Imaginaries Jena Habegger-ContiChapter 5. Tomas van Houtryve's Shadow Imaginaries Øyvind Va°gnesPart Two: TextChapter 6. “Syon Gostly”: Crafting Aesthetic Imaginaries and Stylistics of Existence in Medieval Devotional CultureLaura Saeveit MilesChapter 7. David Jones, The BBC and British Identities: Negotiating Social and Aesthetic ImaginariesErik TonningChapter 8. Technology, Visual Perception and the Aesthetic Imaginary in The Poetry of Alan Gillis and Sine´ad Morrissey Anne KarhioChapter 9. Imagining Imaginaries in Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in The AtticLene JohannessenChapter 10. Convent and Convention: Imagining Birth-Mothers in Dermot Bolger’s A Second LifeJohn McLeodChapter 11. The Textual Oddbody: Ripp(L)ing Aesthetic Imaginaries in Service of Justice—OR—Reader, Take Your Time Susan G. CumingsAfterword: “In the ‘Imaginary Garden’ the ‘Toads’ are Imaginary too: An Aesthetic of Desire, an Ethics of Precious” Mark LedbetterIndexAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors

Demonstrating that the aesthetic imaginary cannot be confined to just one category, discipline, or period, the thoughtful and thought-provoking discussions of different kinds of texts in this volume present the reader with a range of inroads into the meanings and applications of a concept that proves to be not just helpful but indispensable. This is a significant contribution to literary and cultural studies as well as to film studies.