Nonfiction. Literary Criticism & History. Martin begins with predictions that western civilization underwent a paradigm shift in the 20th century. Older forms of rationality are patriarchal; artistic forms are closed conventions and fulfill norms of logic and causality. The emerging forms of thought are feminine, open, and incomplete—requiring nurture and creative participation of the reader for meaning to exist.
Author City: SAN DIEGO, CA USA
Stephen-Paul Martin, former editor of Central Park magazine, has published many books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry—including CHANGING THE SUBJECT (Ellipsis Press, 2010), The Possibility of Music (FC2, 2007), and INSTEAD OF CONFUSION (Asylum Arts, 2002). He is currently a professor of English at San Diego State University.