Maxwell The Two Cultures of English

Literature, Composition, and the Moment of Rhetoric
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-8232-8248-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Examines the discipline of English in North American universities in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries with special attention directed toward the relationship between Rhetoric and Composition and literary theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maxwell, Jason

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprechwissenschaft, Rhetorik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, 1

1. On the Use and Abuse of Rhetoric in Composition and Theory, 23

2. Between Standardization and Serialization: Kenneth Burke, Fredric Jameson, and Radical Criticism in the Post-Fordist Era, 60

3. Mapping the Archival Turn in English Studies, 92

4. Toward an Aesthetics without Literature, 131

5. New Things, Old Things: Reading the Latourian Turn Symptomatically, 156

Coda: English Studies and the Uncertain Future, 193

Acknowledgments, 203

Notes, 205

Bibliography, 221

Index, 241

Über Autor(innen)

Maxwell Jason:
Jason Maxwell is Clinical Assistant Professor of English at the University at Buffalo. He is co-author, with Claire Colebrook, of Agamben (Polity, 2016).Jason Maxwell is Clinical Assistant Professor of English at the University at Buffalo. He is co-author, with Claire Colebrook, of Agamben (Polity, 2016).