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Critics at Work

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Description for Critics at Work Paperback. Interviews with leading cultural critics including: K. Anthony Appiah, Lauren Berlant, Cathy Davidson, Morris Dickstein, Stanley Fish, Barbara Foley, Nancy Fraser, Gerald Graff, Alice Kaplan, E. Ann Kaplan, Robin Kelley, Paul Lauter, Louis Menand, Richard Ohmann, Andrew Ross, Eve Sedgwick, Jane Tompkins, Marianna Torgovnick, and Alan Wald. Editor(s): Williams, Jeffrey. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 317 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.

Featuring interviews with nineteen leading U.S. literary and cultural critics, Critics at Work offers a unique picture of recent developments in literary studies, critical theory, American studies, gay and lesbian studies, philosophy, and other fields. It provides informative, timely, and often provocative commentary on a broad range of topics, from the state of theory today and the prospects for cultural studies to the role of public intellectuals and the place of political activism. These conversations also elicit illuminating and sometimes surprising insights into the personal and professional lives of its contributors.
Individually, each interview gives a significant overview ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Front
Number of Pages
317
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814793909
SKU
V9780814793909
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Ref
99-1

About Williams
Jeffrey J. Williams is Professor of English at the University of Missouri, Columbia. His books include Theory and the Novel: Narrative Reflexivity in the British Tradition and, as editor, PC Wars: Politics and Theory in the Academy and The Institution of Literature. He is also the editor of the literary and critical journal The Minnesota Review.

Reviews for Critics at Work
These engaged conversations are extremely well-informed, interesting, readable, and revealing. Critics at Work is a beautifully composed work and both fun and rewarding to read.
Vincent B. Leitch,editor of The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism

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