Against Literature

This study attempts to answer the question: Is there not a way of thinking about literature that is "outside" or "against" it? Beverley argues for a negation of the literary that would allow non-literary forms of cultural practice to displace literature's hegemony.

Summary

This study attempts to answer the question: Is there not a way of thinking about literature that is "outside" or "against" it? Beverley argues for a negation of the literary that would allow non-literary forms of cultural practice to displace literature's hegemony.

Product details

• Authors: John Beverley, John R. Beverley, BEVERLEY JOHN R
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.1993
• EAN: 9780816622481
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-2248-1
• No. of pages: 202
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies