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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458104503321

Autore

Siebers Tobin

Titolo

Cold War criticism and the politics of skepticism [[electronic resource] /] / Tobin Siebers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

1-280-52655-6

0-19-535992-5

1-4294-0776-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Collana

Odéon

Disciplina

801/.95/09045

Soggetti

Criticism - Political aspects

Cold War in literature

Politics and literature

Critical theory

Skepticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction: The Politics of Skepticism; 2. Cold War Criticism; 3. Ethics or Politics? Comparative Literature, Multiculturalism, and Cultural Literacy; 4. Mourning Becomes Paul de Man; 5. The Politics of the Politics of Interpretation; 6. The Politics of Storytelling: Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem; 7. Conclusion: Toward a Post-Cold War Criticism; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Claiming that a Cold War mentality has impaired the ability of literary theorists to talk about the politics of criticism effectively, the author of this treatise argues that modern criticism is a child of the Cold War.