The Rebirth of American Literary Theory and Criticism: Scholars Discuss Intellectual Origins and Turning Points
H. Aram Veeser, "The Rebirth of American Literary Theory and Criticism: Scholars Discuss Intellectual Origins and Turning Points "
English | ISBN: 1785274376 | 2020 | 258 pages | PDF | 5 MB
English | ISBN: 1785274376 | 2020 | 258 pages | PDF | 5 MB
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.