Reconceptualizing American Literary/Cultural Studies: Rhetoric, History, and Politics in the Humanities

ISBN-13: 9780815323914 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 250 str.

William E. Cain

Opis

Three essays by Steven Mailloux, an influential literary critic, theorist, and advocate of cultural studies, are followed by ten essays discussing his ideas in terms of the shift in English departments from textual to cultural studies, especially as it relates to American literature. Mailloux in tur

Recenzje

"Cain's collection is essential reading for anyone concerned about how cultural studies is changing the English department forever." -- Choice

Spis treści

Part I Rhetoric, Theory, Cultural Studies; Chapter 1 Rhetorical Hermeneutics in Theory, StevenMailloux; Chapter 2 Cultural Rhetoric Studies, StevenMailloux; Chapter 3 Rhetorical Hermeneutics as Reception Study, StevenMailloux; Part II Pragmatism, Rhetoric, Literary Theory; Chapter 4 Approaching the Historical, GilesGunn; Chapter 5 The Rhetoric of Rhetorical Hermeneutics, Robert C.Holub; Chapter 6 Beyond the “Imaginary Museum”, Louise Z.Smith; Part III American Studies; Chapter 7 The Discipline of the Syllabus, Gregory S.Jay; Chapter 8 Rhetorical Hermeneutics, Huckleberry Finn, and Some Problems with Pragmatism, CarlFreedman; Chapter 9 Feeding on American Fiction, David B.Downing; Chapter 10 Cultural Rhetoric and the Promise of Pragmatist Histories, PeterCarafiol; Part IV Gender Politics, Feminism, Sexual Identity; Chapter 11 “My Kinsman, Major Mailloux”, Dale M.Bauer; Chapter 12 Rhetorical Hermeneutics and Gay Identity Politics, William J.Spurlin; Chapter 13 Angels, Critics, and the Rhetoric of AIDS in America, MicheleSordi; Part V Commentary; Chapter 14 The Politics of Doing, StevenMailloux;

O autorze

William E. Cain