02932nam 2200709Ia 450 991095706710332120200520144314.00-19-772562-71-280-52693-90-19-535929-110.1093/oso/9780195083729.001.0001(CKB)1000000000793942(EBL)273132(OCoLC)476014850(OCoLC)1406783938(StDuBDS)9780197725627(OCoLC)1083059437(FINmELB)ELB168389(MiAaPQ)EBC273132(EXLCZ)99100000000079394219930113d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe pleasures of Babel contemporary American literature and theory /Jay Clayton1st ed.New York Oxford University Press19931 online resource (222 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1993.0-19-508372-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-195) and indexes.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 IndexOffering 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.Oxford scholarship online.American literature20th centuryHistory and criticismTheory, etcCultural pluralism in literatureLiterature and societyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLanguage and cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPower (Social sciences) in literatureMinorities in literatureNarration (Rhetoric)American literatureHistory and criticismTheory, etc.Cultural pluralism in literature.Literature and societyHistoryLanguage and cultureHistoryPower (Social sciences) in literature.Minorities in literature.Narration (Rhetoric)801.950904801.9509045813.5409Clayton Jay1951-1788432MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957067103321The pleasures of Babel4446683UNINA