Author : Michael Clark
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520220048
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Book Synopsis Revenge of the Aesthetic by : Michael Clark
Download or read book Revenge of the Aesthetic written by Michael Clark and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000-07-17 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Revenge of the Aesthetic stands as a call for further reassessment of the kind of work being done in the field of literary studies and promises to occupy a critical position in ensuing debates over the place of literature in relation to theory."—Emory Elliott, Distinguised Professor of English, University of California, Riverside "In the landscape of theory, we have been in the throes of historicism, a variety of cultural studies, and a variety of marxisms--all reading right through the text as if texts were not material but transparent, as if they were representations of the social. That was their limit. Revenge of the Aesthetic may well mark the beginning of a revolution against such practices."—Helen Regueiro Elam, Professor of English, SUNY Albany