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The Critical Pulse: Thirty-Six Credos by Contemporary Critics
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Description for The Critical Pulse: Thirty-Six Credos by Contemporary Critics
Paperback. Editor(s): Williams, Jeffrey J.; Steffen, Heather. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
This unprecedented anthology asks thirty-six leading literary and cultural critics to elaborate on the nature of their profession. With the humanities feeling the pinch of financial and political pressures, and its disciplines resting on increasingly uncertain conceptual ground, there couldn't be a better time for critics to reassert their widespread relevance and purpose. These credos boldly defend the function of criticism in contemporary society and showcase its vitality in the era after theory. Essays address literature and politics, with some focusing on the sorry state of higher education and others concentrating on teaching and the fate of the humanities. ... Read more
This unprecedented anthology asks thirty-six leading literary and cultural critics to elaborate on the nature of their profession. With the humanities feeling the pinch of financial and political pressures, and its disciplines resting on increasingly uncertain conceptual ground, there couldn't be a better time for critics to reassert their widespread relevance and purpose. These credos boldly defend the function of criticism in contemporary society and showcase its vitality in the era after theory. Essays address literature and politics, with some focusing on the sorry state of higher education and others concentrating on teaching and the fate of the humanities. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231161152
SKU
V9780231161152
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About Williams
Jeffrey J. Williams is professor of English and literary and cultural studies at Carnegie Mellon University. His books include Theory and the Novel: Narrative Reflexivity in the English Tradition; PC Wars: Politics and Theory in the Academy; The Institution of Literature; and Critics at Work: Interviews. He is also a former editor of the minnesota review and coedits the Norton ... Read more
Reviews for The Critical Pulse: Thirty-Six Credos by Contemporary Critics
Both autobiography and declaration of principle, these credos are dispatches from the trenches of literary criticism. They will inspire future scholars even as they register the uncertainties of an increasingly precarious profession.
Martin Puchner, Harvard University, author of The Drama of Ideas: Platonic Provocations in Theater and Philosophy Williams and Steffen's engaging, diverting, and thought-provoking analysis spells out the ... Read more
Martin Puchner, Harvard University, author of The Drama of Ideas: Platonic Provocations in Theater and Philosophy Williams and Steffen's engaging, diverting, and thought-provoking analysis spells out the ... Read more