AT WAR WITH THE WORD

What They're Saying...

"…a remarkable book that will prove illuminating both to the beginning student and to the accomplished critic, scholar, and philosopher. Unlike many such books, which in protesting against postmodernism often fall into the same negativism and politicization that they are protesting, At War with the Word adds to its clear examination of postmodernism and its dangers a well developed and beautifully written celebration of all the things that postmodernism would deny or destroy."
— Phoebe Spinrad, Professor of English, Ohio State

"Young is right to claim that the New Critics are routinely misunderstood and belittled, and fascinating when he shows—with help from St. Augustine and Flannery O'Connor—where deconstructionists and Christians agree."
— Publishers Weekly

"Young makes it clear that the new academic emperors have no clothes and are rapidly running out of fig leaves.... Best of all, Young demonstrates the subtlety, depth, and insight that an honest, non-ideological critical reading can bring to a work.... R. V. Young's book is an excellent blow toward retaking the heights and banishing the darkness that now spreads over so much of the humanities."
— American Outlook

"Young's rallying cry is that of a careful scholar with a consistently Christian demeanor. This is a man who knows both what he is about and what is at stake in the ongoing debates of literary theory."
— Christianity & Literature

"At War With the Word is highly recommended, important reading for students of American and English literature, literary criticism, and popular culture."
— The Midwest Book Review

"…excellent and informative book."
— The Pennsylvania Scholar

"This book is thoughtful…"
— Choice

"Penetrating and Persuasive."
— The Book Reader

"Essential reading…At War with the Word will have a profound impact on the academic debates and so-called culture wars still raging in academe."
— Albert C. Labriola, Distinguished University Professor, Duquesne University

"R. V. Young has given his readers a learned, brilliant, comprehensive and clear discussion of the powerful role literature plays in Liberal Education. Not to be missed."
— Joseph Schwartz, Senior Editor, Renascence

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