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Literature against itself

Paperback • 1995 • English

Literature against itself: literary ideas in modern society

By Gerald Graff

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Since its first publication more than fifteen years ago, Literature Against Itself has achieved wide recognition as the first major critique of post-1960s cultural radicalism-and still, one of the best. In it, Gerald Graff argues that the reigning strategies for defending literature now end up by trivializing it, and he analyzes why and how they have gone wrong. He charges that our leading literary critics, whether they claim to be traditionalists or innovators, have taken positions that ultimat...Show more

Literary studies: general
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

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9781566630979

Publisher

I.R. Dee

Published year

1995

Language

English

Original title

Literature against itself

Format

Paperback

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