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In a provocative and fair-minded look at current critical practices and the future of the academy, Jeffrey Wallen draws a disturbing picture of public intellectuals in search of a public and cultural critics unable to enter a dialogue with others. Taking up several of the most influential critics of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wallen, Jeffrey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 1998.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Literature.
Criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Essays.
Litterature.
Critique.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In a provocative and fair-minded look at current critical practices and the future of the academy, Jeffrey Wallen draws a disturbing picture of public intellectuals in search of a public and cultural critics unable to enter a dialogue with others. Taking up several of the most influential critics of recent years-Edward Said, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Michael Berube, Gerald Graff, Richard Rorty, Stanley Fish, and many others-Wallen explores the intersections between literary and actual politics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780816689347

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