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Against Theory
Literary Studies and the New Pragmatism
Taschenbuch von W. J. T. Mitchell
Sprache: Englisch

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"Against Theory," the title essay in this volume, challenges the notion that literary theory has any real work to do, or any results to show. This challenge--issued by Steven Knapp and Walter Benn Michaels in "Critical Inquiry" (8:4)--strikes some critics as scandalous, others as provocative and productive. The argument is directed against both sides of the current debates in literary theory, criticizing theoretical "objectivists" like E. D. Hirsch, Jr., on the one hand, and proponents of indeterminacy like Paul de Man on the other. The attack is not just on a particular way of doing theory but on the entire project of literary theory. The challenge is not only to a way of thinking and writing but to a way of making a living. The resulting controversy has drawn so much attention among literary critics that it has been collected in a single volume so that the debate can be followed from start to finish. This collection includes the essay "Against Theory," seven responses to it, and a rejoinder by Knapp and Michaels (originally published in "Critical Inquiry" 9:4); in addition, there are two new statements plus a final reply by Knapp and Michaels. The debate chronicled in this volume raises the most fundamental issues in the theory of meaning and the practice of interpretation. Are Knapp and Michaels confronting literary theory with a new "pragmatic" form of theory? Or are they (as some of their respondents suggest) arguing for a new form of nihilism? "If it is a nihilism," writes editor W. J. T. Mitchell, "it is one that demands an answer, not easy polemical dismissal, one that calls for theory to clarify its claims, not to mystify them and the easy assurance of intellectual fashion andinstitutional authority." It is the intention of "Against Theory" to aid in that clarification.
"Against Theory," the title essay in this volume, challenges the notion that literary theory has any real work to do, or any results to show. This challenge--issued by Steven Knapp and Walter Benn Michaels in "Critical Inquiry" (8:4)--strikes some critics as scandalous, others as provocative and productive. The argument is directed against both sides of the current debates in literary theory, criticizing theoretical "objectivists" like E. D. Hirsch, Jr., on the one hand, and proponents of indeterminacy like Paul de Man on the other. The attack is not just on a particular way of doing theory but on the entire project of literary theory. The challenge is not only to a way of thinking and writing but to a way of making a living. The resulting controversy has drawn so much attention among literary critics that it has been collected in a single volume so that the debate can be followed from start to finish. This collection includes the essay "Against Theory," seven responses to it, and a rejoinder by Knapp and Michaels (originally published in "Critical Inquiry" 9:4); in addition, there are two new statements plus a final reply by Knapp and Michaels. The debate chronicled in this volume raises the most fundamental issues in the theory of meaning and the practice of interpretation. Are Knapp and Michaels confronting literary theory with a new "pragmatic" form of theory? Or are they (as some of their respondents suggest) arguing for a new form of nihilism? "If it is a nihilism," writes editor W. J. T. Mitchell, "it is one that demands an answer, not easy polemical dismissal, one that calls for theory to clarify its claims, not to mystify them and the easy assurance of intellectual fashion andinstitutional authority." It is the intention of "Against Theory" to aid in that clarification.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 1985
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: A Critical Inquiry Book
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780226532271
ISBN-10: 0226532275
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mitchell, W. J. T.
Redaktion: Mitchell, W. J. Thomas
Hersteller: The University of Chicago Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Abbildungen: black & white illustrations
Maße: 230 x 154 x 9 mm
Von/Mit: W. J. T. Mitchell
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.06.1985
Gewicht: 0,218 kg
Artikel-ID: 131553822
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1985
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: A Critical Inquiry Book
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780226532271
ISBN-10: 0226532275
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mitchell, W. J. T.
Redaktion: Mitchell, W. J. Thomas
Hersteller: The University of Chicago Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Abbildungen: black & white illustrations
Maße: 230 x 154 x 9 mm
Von/Mit: W. J. T. Mitchell
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.06.1985
Gewicht: 0,218 kg
Artikel-ID: 131553822
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