Criticism after critique : aesthetics, literature, and the political / edited by Jeffrey R. Di Leo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Di Leo, Jeffrey R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism--Political aspects.

Criticism.

Literature--Aesthetics.

Literature.

Physical Description:

vi, 229 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

Presenting different ways to imagine criticism without critique, this collection provides a survey of both the difficult times facing ideological critique and the ways in which literary criticism and aesthetics have been affected by changing attitudes toward critique. While critique is certainly not dead, evidence can be seen of its decline and - in its place - a revival of interest in literary criticism that bears only a distant resemblance to the political critique that has dominated literary studies for so many years. This volume raises questions about the fate of the political dimensions of literary criticism amidst a sea of change in attitudes toward ideological critique - and ultimately compels one to pursue further the question: What is criticism after critique? Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Criticism, Judgment, and Value 13

1 Criticism and Critique: A Genealogy / David R. Shumway Shumway, David R. 15

2 Doing Literary Criticism and Making Value Judgments: What One Might Call "Good Writing" / Sue-Im Lee Lee, Sue-Im 27

3 Appreciating Appreciation / Charles Altieri Altieri, Charles 45

4 Bumps on the Head, Touchstones of Intimacy, and the Vulnerability of the Critic / Robert Chodat Chodat, Robert 67

Part II Globalization, Historicism, and Ideology 97

5 Critique and Its Postnational Aftermath: Dialogism and the "Planetary Condition" / Christian Moraru Moraru, Christian 99

6 The Criticism of Postcolonial Critique / Nicole Simek Simek, Nicole 113

7 Critiques of Early Modern Criticism: Poetics, Historicism, and the Pitfalls of Periodization / Hassan Melehy Melehy, Hassan 127

8 "Ideology Is Not All": Criticism after Zizek / Zahi Zalloua Zalloua, Zahi 141

Part III Aesthetics and Anticritique 155

9 Who Killed Critique? / Allen Dunn Dunn, Allen 157

10 Living in an Aesthetic Regime: The False Feeling of Life / Alan Singer Singer, Alan 171

11 Jacques Rancière: The Misadventures of Criticism and the Adventures of Hope / Brian O'Keeffe O'Keeffe, Brian 183.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137428769

1137428767

OCLC:

880541478