02705nam 2200589Ia 450 991081955660332120200520144314.00-8166-8934-2(CKB)1000000000346975(EBL)310435(OCoLC)476094574(SSID)ssj0000123844(PQKBManifestationID)11136507(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000123844(PQKBWorkID)10015217(PQKB)10178113(MiAaPQ)EBC310435(OCoLC)191935409(MdBmJHUP)muse38871(Au-PeEL)EBL310435(CaPaEBR)ebr10159539(CaONFJC)MIL522953(EXLCZ)99100000000034697519980226d1998 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClosed encounters literary politics and public culture /Jeffrey Wallen1st ed.Minneapolis, MN University of Minnesota Press19981 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-3188-3 0-8166-3187-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction: Fellow Traveling in Academia; Part I: ADMINISTERING CONFLICT; 1. Political Correctness: The Revenge of the Liberals; 2. Is Academic Freedom in Trouble?; Part II: FACING THE PUBLIC; 3. Forging a Public Voice for Academic Critics; 4. Why I'd Rather Be Talking to a TV Camera; 5. Crossing Over: The Academic as Porn Star; Part III: FAILED ENCOUNTERS: DIALOGUE OR CHATTER?; 6. Criticism as Displacement; 7. The Poverty of Conversation; Afterword: Fellow Traveling with the Right; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; WIn a provocative and fair-minded look at current critical practices and the future of the academy, Jeffrey Wallen draws a disturbing picture of public intellectuals in search of a public and cultural critics unable to enter a dialogue with others. Taking up several of the most influential critics of recent years-Edward Said, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Michael Bérubé, Gerald Graff, Richard Rorty, Stanley Fish, and many others-Wallen explores the intersections between literary and actual politics.CriticismLiteratureCriticism.Literature.814/.54Wallen Jeffrey1687859MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819556603321Closed encounters4061657UNINA