Professional Correctness: Literary Studies and Political Change (Clarendon Lectures in English)

Fish, Stanley

ISBN 10: 0198123736 / ISBN 13: 9780198123736

Published by Oxford University Press, 1996

Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # E02O-00168

Synopsis:

This is an analysis of the debate in literary and cultural studies between those who want interpretive work to influence political issues and those who fear that this would destroy the essence of literary criticism. It argues that movements such as the new historicism, gender studies or cultural studies can change the objects of their attention, change their vocabularies, change the scope of their claims and change their very names, however nothing they do will bring them into closer contact with the larger structures they would transform.

About the Author:
About the Author:
Stanley Fish is Professor of English, Professor of Law, and Associate Vice-Provost at Duke University, and is Executive Director of the Duke University Press. His many books include the classic Surprised by Sin and There's No Such Thing as Free Speech...And It's a Good Thing, Too.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Professional Correctness: Literary Studies ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included