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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
October 1, 2000
Pages
415
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393321111
ISBN-10
0393321118
Dimensions
1.25 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$24.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In a passionate plea for a return to true literary studies in the U.S., the author complains that politics and theory are choking the study of literature and offers a powerful vision of the nation's literary and philosophical heritage that challenges current trends and notions. Reprint.
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With Candor and Perversion, Roger Shattuck has written the most complete assessment of the poxes that threaten our Western literary heritage.
With incisive analysis, he elucidates the nature of intellectual craftsmanship, defends art's undeniable moral component, and, faced with an academic world shattered by theory, laments how extra-literary politics have grown increasingly dominant, now attempting to eliminate the very category of literature. Whether commenting on Foucault, Pulp Fiction, Georgia O'Keeffe, V.S. Naipaul, or the survival of a core tradition in the humanities, Shattuck presents a stirring synthesis of the principles and values by which we can live together as a nation finally at peace with its diversity. A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year and a TLS Notable Book of 1999.Editions
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from W W Norton & Co Inc (September 1, 1999)
9780393048070 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.72 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Argues that politics and theory are choking the study of literature
About: Argues that politics and theory are choking the study of literature
Paperback
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from W W Norton & Co Inc (October 1, 2000)
9780393321111 | details & prices | 415 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $24.95
About: In a passionate plea for a return to true literary studies in the U.
About: In a passionate plea for a return to true literary studies in the U.
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