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UNINA9910777495403321 |
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Sussman Henry |
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Titolo |
High resolution [[electronic resource] ] : critical theory and the problem of literacy / / Henry S. Sussman |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1989 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-52350-6 |
0-19-536369-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
Criticism - United States |
Literacy - United States |
Critical theory |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-245) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Toward Differential Literacy: The Pursuit of Rigor in the Age of Kitsch; 2. The Marble Faun and the Space of American Letters; 3. The Deconstructor and the Politician: Melville's The Confidence-Man; 4. The University of Verse: The Economies of Modern American Poetry; 5. The Expanding Castle: The Literature of Literacy; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book combines literary theory and close textual readings of works by Hawthorne, Melville, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound and Italo Calvino to explore the socio-political correlatives to literary studies. |
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