LEADER 02741nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910451739603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-8934-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000346975 035 $a(EBL)310435 035 $a(OCoLC)476094574 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000123844 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11136507 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000123844 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10015217 035 $a(PQKB)10178113 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310435 035 $a(OCoLC)191935409 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38871 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310435 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10159539 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522953 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000346975 100 $a19980226d1998 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aClosed encounters$b[electronic resource] $eliterary politics and public culture /$fJeffrey Wallen 210 $aMinneapolis, MN $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-3188-3 311 $a0-8166-3187-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; W 330 $aIn 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 Be?rube?, Gerald Graff, Richard Rorty, Stanley Fish, and many others-Wallen explores the intersections between literary and actual politics. 606 $aCriticism 606 $aLiterature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCriticism. 615 0$aLiterature. 676 $a814/.54 700 $aWallen$b Jeffrey$0936523 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451739603321 996 $aClosed encounters$92109588 997 $aUNINA