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Thomas L. Loebel

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Department of English

Senior Scholar
Former Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies

Office: Atkinson, 524
Phone: 416-736-5166
Email: loebel@yorku.ca
Primary website: http://www.yorku.ca/loebel/


Thomas Loebel taught American and African American literature, literary and cultural theory, psychoanalysis and continental philosophy.

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Degrees

Ph.D., English (American Literature), SUNY at Buffalo
M.A., English (Literary Theory), SUNY at Buffalo
M.A., English (Curriculum), University of Toronto (OlSE)
B.A., Political Science/Philosophy, McGill University

Research Interests

, American 19th Century, Contemporary Criticism, 19th & 20th-century American Literature, Literary Theory, Poetics, English

Current Research Projects

“Improvisational Being: Before and Behind the Now in Dickinson, Ellison, and Kushner”

    Summary:

    This project seeks to redefine the functions of tripartite structures in psychoanalysis (unconscious, preconscious, conscious) and philosophy (ontology, objectivity, subjectivity) with the help of imaginative, literary works.

    Description:

    Chapters include theorising a poetics of the unconscious; critique, hope, and the not-yet of realisation of the pre-consciousness; and tone, beat, and invisibility as disavowal within consciousness. The conclusion moves toward consideration of Being as an improvisational artwork.

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Thomas Loebel taught American and African American literature, literary and cultural theory, psychoanalysis and continental philosophy.

Degrees

Ph.D., English (American Literature), SUNY at Buffalo
M.A., English (Literary Theory), SUNY at Buffalo
M.A., English (Curriculum), University of Toronto (OlSE)
B.A., Political Science/Philosophy, McGill University

Research Interests

, American 19th Century, Contemporary Criticism, 19th & 20th-century American Literature, Literary Theory, Poetics, English

Current Research Projects

“Improvisational Being: Before and Behind the Now in Dickinson, Ellison, and Kushner”

    Summary:

    This project seeks to redefine the functions of tripartite structures in psychoanalysis (unconscious, preconscious, conscious) and philosophy (ontology, objectivity, subjectivity) with the help of imaginative, literary works.

    Description:

    Chapters include theorising a poetics of the unconscious; critique, hope, and the not-yet of realisation of the pre-consciousness; and tone, beat, and invisibility as disavowal within consciousness. The conclusion moves toward consideration of Being as an improvisational artwork.

    Role: Author