Empire burlesque : the fate of critical culture in global America / / Daniel T. O'Hara

• Autore: O'Hara Daniel T. <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Durham, : Duke University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (387 p.)
• Disciplina: 801/.95/097309045; 801.95097309045
• Soggetto topico: Criticism - United States - History - 20th century; American literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Mass media and culture - United States; Journalism - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization Foreign influences; United States Civilization 1970-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-364) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Edward W. Said and the fate of critical culture -- Why Foucault no longer matters -- Lentricchia's frankness and the place of literature -- Redesigning the lessons of literature -- The return to ethics and the specter of reading -- Class in a global light : the two professions -- Transference and abjection : an analytic parable -- Ghostwork : an uncanny prospect for new Americanists -- Specter of theory : the bad conscience of American criticism -- Empire baroque : becoming other in Henry James -- Planet buyer and the catmaster : a critical future for transference.
• Sommario/riassunto: Discusses the effects of globalization on the field of literary studies and the formation of a critical identity in America.
• Titolo autorizzato: Empire burlesque
• ISBN: 9786612920660; 9781282920668; 1282920669; 9780822384663; 0822384663
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910967241603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: e-Duke books scholarly collection.; New Americanists.