The Emperor Redressed : Critiquing Critical Theory /

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There have been signs now, for some time, that poststructuralist hegemony is declining. This book helps us to understand the theoretical flaws that make this decline inevitable. The essays in this volume represent a collective questioning of the poststructuralist ascendancy, and of the assumptions i...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Eddins, Dwight, 1939- (Editor, Author of introduction, etc.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
English literature.
Deconstruction.
Criticism.
American literature.
Deconstruction > Congres.
Critique > Anglophonie > Congres.
American literature > History and criticism > Congresses.
English literature > History and criticism > Congresses.
Deconstruction > Congresses.
Criticism > English-speaking countries > Congresses.
English-speaking countries.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:There have been signs now, for some time, that poststructuralist hegemony is declining. This book helps us to understand the theoretical flaws that make this decline inevitable. The essays in this volume represent a collective questioning of the poststructuralist ascendancy, and of the assumptions involved therin, by a group of our most prominent scholars. These scholars were charged with examining the truth-value, methodology, practice, and humanistic status of poststructuralist theories and with speculating on what their conclusions portend for the future of theory. T.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (238 pages).
ISBN:9780817387914

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