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BL
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997021
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b751391
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Wallen, Jeffrey.
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Closed encounters : : literary politics and public culture /\ Jeffrey Wallen.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis, MN :: University of Minnesota Press,, 1998.
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1 online resource (232 pages)
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| ISBN
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0816631875
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: 0816689342
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: 9780816631872
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: 9780816689347
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0816631875
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0816631883
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9780816631889
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Fellow Traveling in Academia; Part I: ADMINISTERING CONFLICT; 1. Political Correctness: The Revenge of the Liberals; 2. Is Academic Freedom in Trouble?; Part II: FACING THE PUBLIC; 3. Forging a Public Voice for Academic Critics; 4. Why I'd Rather Be Talking to a TV Camera; 5. Crossing Over: The Academic as Porn Star; Part III: FAILED ENCOUNTERS: DIALOGUE OR CHATTER?; 6. Criticism as Displacement; 7. The Poverty of Conversation; Afterword: Fellow Traveling with the Right; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W.
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| Abstract
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In a provocative and fair-minded look at current critical practices and the future of the academy, Jeffrey Wallen draws a disturbing picture of public intellectuals in search of a public and cultural critics unable to enter a dialogue with others. Taking up several of the most influential critics of recent years-Edward Said, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Michael Bérubé, Gerald Graff, Richard Rorty, Stanley Fish, and many others-Wallen explores the intersections between literary and actual politics.
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Criticism.
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Literature.
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Criticism.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS-- Essays.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Semiotics Theory.
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Literature.
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| Dewey Classification
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814/.54
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PN81.W286 1998eb
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