The rebirth of American literary theory and criticism : scholars discuss intellectual origins and turning points / H. Aram Veeser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Veeser, H. Aram (Harold Aram), 1950- author.

Series:

Anthem symploke studies in theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critics--United States--Interviews.

Critics.

Criticism--United States--History.

Criticism.

Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 249 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2021.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The First Wave: Stanley Eugene Fish

Richard Allen Macksey

Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein-Graff

Vincent Barry Leitch

The Second Wave: Walter Benn Michaels

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Jane Gallop

Homi K. Bhabha

William John Thomas Mitchell

William Germano

Steven Mailloux

The Third Wave: Wai Chee Dimock

Rita Felski

Kenneth W. Warren

Cary Wolfe

Martin Puchner

Michael Bérubé

Jeffrey Nealon

Afterword / by Heather Love.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Jan 2021).

ISBN:

9781785274398

1785274392

9781785274381

1785274384