AT WAR WITH THE WORD
Literary Theory and Liberal Education
By R. V. Young
List Item No. 270
ISBN: 1-882926-27-7 (cloth)
211 pages (includes Index)
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R. V. Young examines the dominant trends in literary theory of the past thirty years, chronicling their effect on the teaching of literature and the imparting of a liberal education. It seeks to transcend the politicization of literature wrought by postmodern theorists and calls for a greater recognition of the role great works of literature play in developing the intellect and imagination of students.
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"The service R. V. Young has done is to remind us of what literature is supposed to do."
— The Weekly Standard
"Young claims that his purpose for writing the book, at which he masterfully succeeds, is to 'reassert the singular value of literary study in the enterprise of liberal education' and to 'justify literature's role in liberal education' in 'illuminating our vision of human nature and experience.'"
— Library Journal
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Chapters Include:
- The Old New Criticism and its Critics
- Derrida or Deity? Deconstruction in the Presence of the Word
- Deconstruction and the Fear and Loathing of the Logos
- New Historicism: Literature and the Will to Power
- Constitutional Interpretation and Literary Theory
- Distinct Models: Why We Teach What We Teach
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