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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778479403321

Autore

Clayton Jay

Titolo

The Pleasures of Babel [[electronic resource] ] : Contemporary American Literature and Theory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994

ISBN

0-19-772562-7

1-280-52693-9

0-19-535929-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

801.950904

801.9509045

813.5409

Soggetti

American literature

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Cultural pluralism in literature

History

History and criticism

Language and culture

Literature and society

Minorities in literature

Narration (Rhetoric)

Pluralism (Social sciences) in literature

Power (Social sciences) in literature

Theory, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Culture/Narrative/Power; 2. The Story of Deconstruction; 3. Theories of Desire; 4. The Narrative Turn in Minority Writing; 5. Rituals of Change: Ethnography on the Border; 6. Feminism and the Politics of Community; Conclusion: Literature without Masterpieces; Notes; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Offering an explication of the often stormy relationship between



contemporary American literature and criticism, this study examines systematically the movements of the last two decades - deconstruction, feminism - and engages theories of narrative by applying them to recent literary works.