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

    By H. Aram Veeser

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    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnthem Press
    Release dateNov 27, 2020
    ISBN9781785274398
    The Rebirth of American Literary Theory and Criticism: Scholars Discuss Intellectual Origins and Turning Points

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