The Pleasures of Babel [[electronic resource] ] : Contemporary American Literature and Theory
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| Autore: |
Clayton Jay
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| Titolo: |
The Pleasures of Babel [[electronic resource] ] : Contemporary American Literature and Theory
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 801.950904 |
| 801.9509045 | |
| 813.5409 | |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Pleasures of Babel |
| ISBN: | 1-280-52693-9 |
| 0-19-535929-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454923103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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