| Polemic: Critical or Uncritical Contributor(s): Gallop, Jane (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415972280 ISBN-13: 9780415972284 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: What is criticism supposed to do? Is polemic a legitimate face of criticism, or simply its excess? What does it mean to read critically or uncritically? As Jane Gallop writes in her introduction to "Polemic," "Should the critical attitude be devoid of all passions, not just the reverent but the aggressive as well?" These new essays by leading scholars examine some famous and less well-known instances of polemical encounters: Louis Menand on the Andrew Sarris - Pauline Kael slugfest over popular movies; Jonathan Crewe on the entertainment value that printed polemics provided as far back as the 16th century; Michael Warner on Kant's views of critical reading; as well as other essays on Foucault, Habermas, and Boswell with (or vs.) Dr. Johnson. 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 809.933 |
| LCCN: 2004014175 |
| Series: Essays from the English Institute (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.18" W x 9" (0.80 lbs) 218 pages |
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| Publisher 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. |