Seductive Reasoning Pluralism as the Problematic of Contemporary Literary Theory

Seductive Reasoning takes a provocative look at contemporary Anglo-American literary theory, calling into question the critical consensus on pluralism's nature and its status in literary studies. Drawing on the insights of Marxist and feminist critical theory and on the works of Althusser, Derr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rooney, Ellen, 1957- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 1989
1989.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS OF FREQUENTLY CITED TEXTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Reading Pluralism Symptomatically
  • 2. Persuasion and the Production of Knowledge
  • 3. The Limits of Pluralism Are Not Plural
  • 4. "Not to Worry" : The Therapeutic Rhetoric of Stanley Fish
  • 5. Not Taking Sides: Reading the Rhetoric of Persuasion
  • 6. This Politics Which Is Not One
  • EPILOGUE
  • INDEX