| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 276 pages) |
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Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Criticism in a Difficult Time; A Critic's Progress; 1. THE CASE FOR SCHOLARLY REPORTING; 2. DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE; 3. ON CRITIQUE AND INHERITANCE; 4. WHAT I BELIEVE AND WHY; 5. HEARING LOSSES AND GAINS; 6. LONG ISLAND INTELLECTUAL; Academic Labor; 7, WE WORK; 8. WHAT IS CRITICISM ON ACADEMIC LABOR FOR?; 9. "ALL THINGS VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE" : Believing in Higher Education; 10. AGAINST HEROISM; 11. PACK CONSCIOUSNESS; Declarations of Politics; 12. ACTIVISM AND CURRICULUM; 13. REVOLUTIONARY CONSCIOUSNESS; 14. GEOPOLITICAL TRANSLATORS |
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15. CRITICAL CREDO16. THIS I BELIEVED; 17. "HOPE DIES LAST" : Cultural Studies and Studs Terkel; Pedagogical Moments; 18. CREDO OF A TEACHER; 19. OF CREDOS AND CREDIBILITY; 20. TEACHING FRICTION; 21. COERCED CONFESSIONS; 22. ON RACE AND LITERATURE; 23. TEACHING THEORY; 24. AFFECT IS THE NEW TRAUMA; The Defense of Literature; 25. ACCESS TO THE UNIVERSAL : Language, Literature, and the Humanities; 26. WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL : A Modest Critical Credo; 27. EVERYDAY AESTHETICS; 28. CRITICISM IS VITAL; 29. CRITICAL CREDO; 30. WHY I'M STILL WRITING WOMEN'S LITERARY HISTORY; New Turns |
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31. WITHOUT EVIDENCE32. ALL THERE IS TO USE; 33. OPEN; 34. TIMING; 35. THE POLITICS OF SMALL PROBLEMS; 36. THE POWER OF UNKNOWING; Contributors |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Criticism -- Authorship
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Critics -- United States.
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Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Criticism -- Authorship
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Critics
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Literature -- Theory, etc.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Williams, Jeffrey, 1958-
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Steffen, Heather
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| LC no. |
2012020432 |
| ISBN |
9780231530736 |
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0231530730 |
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