Polemic
Critical or Uncritical
Published on 16. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
218 pages
978-0-415-97228-4 (ISBN)
Description
These new essays by leading scholars examine some famous and less well-known instances of polemical encounters. The essays are enhanced by an interview with Gayatri Spivak, specially conducted by Jane Gallop for this volume
Historically rigorous, theoretically astute, and sometimes wickedly funny, Polemic makes criticism a critical issue.
Historically rigorous, theoretically astute, and sometimes wickedly funny, Polemic makes criticism a critical issue.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
323 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-97228-4 (9780415972284)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
11/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€53.99
Available for download
Person
Jane Gallop is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She is the author of several books, most recently Anecdotal Theory (Duke, 2002).
Content
Introduction, JaneGallop; Chapter 1 Uncritical Reading, Michael Warner; Chapter 2 Reading as Self-Annihilation, Amy Hollywood; Chapter 3 "Thou art a scholar, speak to it, Horatio", Helen Deutsch; Chapter 4 Argument and Ethos, Amanda Anderson; Chapter 5 Can Polemic be Ethical?, JonathanCrewe; Chapter 6 Kael's Attack on Sarris, LouisMenand; Chapter 7 "What is Enlightenment?", JaneGallop;