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THE PLEASURES OF BABEL
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERATURE AND THEORY |
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Jay Clayton |
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Paperback |
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£80.00 |
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£70.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195083733 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195083736 |
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pages: |
220 |
| Description: |
Jay Clayton's new book offers a lucid cutting-edge explication of the often stormy relationship between contemporary literature and criticism. Repudiating the jargon of theory, Clayton systematically makes sense of the movements of the last two decades: deconstruction, feminism. In a wholly original fashion Clayton succeeds in fusing a layman's guide to recent criticism with a scholarly work that directly engages theories of narrative by applying them to some of themost prominent American writers of our time. |
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The Pleasures of Babel acquaints the layperson and the expert alike with the creative and intellectual achievements of America's multicultural society. Arguing that the present is "a great period of writing," Jay Clayton relates novels from the seventies, eighties, and nineties to the latest developments in literary theory. He offers a lucid, cutting-edge look at the often stormy relationship between contemporary literature and criticism. Avoiding theoretical jargon, Clayton systematically sets out to make sense of the critical movements of the last two decades: deconstruction, psychoanalysis, minority writing, multiculturism, and feminism. In the course of clarifying the accomplishments of Barthes, Kristeva, Lyotard, Said, and others, the author also provides detailed exegeses of some of America's most prominent writers of fiction: Saul Bellow, Sandra Cisneros, E.L. Doctorow, and Toni Morrison. The result successfully weds a layperson's guide to recent criticism with a scholarly application of that criticism to the very works it concerns.In light of the current debates being waged over the canon and multiculturalism, The Pleasures of Babel should prove an indispensable tool for those engaged in the practice of literary criticism, as well as anyone concerned with the way in which narrative interacts with society. |
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US |
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Oxford University Press Inc |
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