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Empire burlesque : the fate of critical culture in global America / Daniel T. O'Hara.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Hara, Daniel T., 1948-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- New Americanists.
- New Americanists
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criticism--United States--History--20th century.
- Criticism.
- American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- American literature.
- Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Literature.
- Mass media and culture--United States.
- Mass media and culture.
- Journalism--United States.
- Journalism.
- United States--Civilization--Foreign influences.
- United States.
- United States--Civilization--1970-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (387 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Discusses the effects of globalization on the field of literary studies and the formation of a critical identity in America.
- Contents:
- Edward W. Said and the fate of critical culture
- Why Foucault no longer matters
- Lentricchia's frankness and the place of literature
- Redesigning the lessons of literature
- The return to ethics and the specter of reading
- Class in a global light : the two professions
- Transference and abjection : an analytic parable
- Ghostwork : an uncanny prospect for new Americanists
- Specter of theory : the bad conscience of American criticism
- Empire baroque : becoming other in Henry James
- Planet buyer and the catmaster : a critical future for transference.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-364) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612920660
- 9781282920668
- 1282920669
- 9780822384663
- 0822384663
- OCLC:
- 850218079
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