The Rebirth of American Literary Theory and Criticism: Scholars Discuss Intellectual Origins and Turning Points

The Rebirth of American Literary Theory and Criticism: Scholars Discuss Intellectual Origins and Turning Points
ISBN-10
1785274384
ISBN-13
9781785274381
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
258
Language
English
Published
2020-11-27
Publisher
Anthem Press
Author
H. Aram Veeser

Description

The interviewees of this volume fall into three groups: the main players who brought about the rise of theory (Fish, Gallop, Spivak, Bhabha); a younger group of post-theorists (Bérubé, Dimock, Nealon, Warren); the anti-critique theorists (Felski); and new order theorists (Puchner, Wolfe). They discuss elemental questions, such as trying to grasp what was logic and what was rhetoric; trying to see down the road while fog and turmoil held visibility to arm’s length; and trying to pick legible meanings out of the cultural blanket of deafening noise. Theorists were not only good thinkers but also pioneers who were seeking profound transformations.

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