Rebirth of American Literary Theory and Criticism - Scholars Discuss Intellectual Origins and Turning Points

A group of homogeneous interviews with contemporary literary and cultural theorists All the interviews are completed. The same ten questions were addressed to all the interviewees. The result is a homogeneous volume unlike most other interview projects.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction; The First Wave; 1. Stanley Eugene Fish; 2. Richard Allen Macksey; 3. Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein-Graff; 4. Vincent Barry Leitch; The Second Wave; 5. Walter Benn Michaels; 6. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak; 7. Jane Gallop; 8. Homi K. Bhabha; 9. William John Thomas Mitchell; 10. William Germano; 11. Steven Mailloux; The Third Wave; 12. Wai Chee Dimock; 13. Rita Felski; 14. Kenneth W. Warren; 15. Cary Wolfe; 16. Martin Puchner; 17. Michael Bérubé; 18. Jeffrey Nealon; Afterword by Heather Love; Index.

About the author

Aram Veeser edited 4 books on literary theory and theorists and wrote his own book, Edward Said: The Charisma of Criticism (2010). In addition, he has worked as a journalist and addressed, in print, a nonacademic readership.

Product details

• Authors: H Aram Veeser, H. Aram Veeser
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781785274374
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-437-4
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Anthem symploke Studies in Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Writing and editing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Composition, Arts; Literary Criticism