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English inside and out : the places of literary criticism

Title
English inside and out : the places of literary criticism / edited with an introduction by Susan Gubar and Jonathan Kamholtz.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Gubar, Susan, 1944-
  • Kamholtz, Jonathan
  • English Institute, sponsoring body, honouree.
Description
vi, 138 pages; 24 cm
Summary
A collection of essays in which a group of academic literary critics take a close look at the current state of the discipline and envisage its future. Topics include current controversies within Afro-American and feminist criticism, and the influence of cultural and gay studies.
Series Statement
Essays from the English institute
Uniform Title
Essays from the English Institute
Subject
  • English literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc. > Congresses
  • American literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc. > Congresses
  • American literature > Study and teaching (Higher) > Congresses
  • Literature > Study and teaching (Higher) > English-speaking countries > Congresses
  • English literature > Study and teaching (Higher) > Congresses
  • Criticism > English-speaking countries > Congresses
  • American literature > Study and teaching (Higher)
  • Criticism
  • English literature > Study and teaching (Higher)
  • English literature > Theory, etc
  • Literature > Study and teaching (Higher)
  • critique littéraire > littérature américaine (Etats-Unis) > littérature anglaise > 20e s. > études diverses
  • littérature américaine (Etats-Unis) > littérature anglaise > 20e s. > études diverses
  • English-speaking countries
Genre/Form
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • "Essays from the 50th anniversary of the English Institute."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Plausible and helpful things to say about literature in a time when all print institutions are breaking down / Alvin Kernan -- The canon and the classroom : a caveat / Leslie A. Fiedler -- English as something else / Geoffrey Hartman -- The welcoming table / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- The institutionalization of feminist criticism / Jane Gallop -- Sodometries / Jonathan Goldberg -- Multiculturalism and criticism / John Brenkman -- The unbearable ugliness of Volvos / Stanley Fish -- Preaching to the converted / Gerald Graff -- Socratic raptures, Socratic ruptures : notes toward queer performativity / Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick.
ISBN
  • 0415906679
  • 9780415906678
  • 0415906687
  • 9780415906685
LCCN
92024503
OCLC
  • ocm26161099
  • 26161099
  • SCSB-14542720
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library