THE DIVISION OF LITERATURE by Peggy Kamuf ( 9780226423241 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE DIVISION OF LITERATURE
OR THE UNIVERSITY IN DECONSTRUCTION

By:

Peggy Kamuf

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Paperback

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0226423247

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9780226423241

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Publisher:

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

Pub. date:

6 February, 1997

Pages:

268

Description:

How has literature become established as a separate domain within the university? Demonstrating that these questions of division are intricately related, Peggy Kamuf explores in this text, the space that the university devotes to the study of literature.

Synopsis:

Where does the university begin and the "outside" end? How has literature become established as a separate domain within the university? Demonstrating that these questions of division are intricately related, Peggy Kamuf explores the space that the university devotes to the study of literature. Kamuf begins by analyzing the complex history of literary study within the modern university, critically reading developments from the French Revolution through the 19th century and beyond in Europe. She then turns to one of the most troubling works in the American literary canon - Melville's "The Confidence-Man" - to show how academic literary history has avoided confronting the implications of works in which meaning is never solely confined within a past.

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