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The Intimate Critique. Autobiographical Literary Criticism.
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Description for The Intimate Critique. Autobiographical Literary Criticism.
Paperback. Editor(s): Freedman, Diana P.; Frey, Olivia; Zauhar, Frances Murphy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
For a long time now, readers and scholars have strained against the limits of traditional literary criticism, whose precepts—above all, "objectivity"—seem to have so little to do with the highly personal and deeply felt experience of literature. The Intimate Critique marks a movement away from this tradition. With their rich spectrum of personal and passionate voices, these essays challenge and ultimately breach the boundaries between criticism and narrative, experience and expression, literature and life.
Grounded in feminism and connected to the race, class, and gender paradigms in cultural studies, the twenty-six contributors to this volume—including Jane Tompkins, Henry Louis Gates, ... Read more
For a long time now, readers and scholars have strained against the limits of traditional literary criticism, whose precepts—above all, "objectivity"—seem to have so little to do with the highly personal and deeply felt experience of literature. The Intimate Critique marks a movement away from this tradition. With their rich spectrum of personal and passionate voices, these essays challenge and ultimately breach the boundaries between criticism and narrative, experience and expression, literature and life.
Grounded in feminism and connected to the race, class, and gender paradigms in cultural studies, the twenty-six contributors to this volume—including Jane Tompkins, Henry Louis Gates, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822312925
SKU
V9780822312925
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About Freedman
Diane P. Freedman, Assistant Professor of English at University of New Hampshire, is the author of An Alchemy of Genres: Cross-Genre Writing by American Women Poet Critics. Olivia Frey is Associate Professor of English and Director of Women's Studies at St. Olaf College. Frances Murphy Zauhar is Assistant Professor of English at St. Vincent College.
Reviews for The Intimate Critique. Autobiographical Literary Criticism.
"The Intimate Critique marks the coming out of a new critical genre, sure to generate controversy, pleasure, rage, support, disbelief, acclaim (i.e., strong reactions!) among its readers."—Alice Kaplan, author of French Lessons: A Memoir "Grouped together, these very different essays raise and respond to a question that feminist theorists continue to ask—about the extent to which individual experience and self-expression ... Read more