Double agent: the critic and society
"In recent decades, an enormous gulf has opened up between academic critics addressing their professional colleagues, often in abstruse or technical terms, and the kind of public critic who writes about books, films, plays, music, and art for a wider audience. How did this breach develop betwee...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In recent decades, an enormous gulf has opened up between academic critics addressing their professional colleagues, often in abstruse or technical terms, and the kind of public critic who writes about books, films, plays, music, and art for a wider audience. How did this breach develop between specialists and generalists, between theorists and practical critics, between humanists and antihumanists? What, if anything, can he done to repair it? Can criticism once again become part of a common culture, meaningful to scholars and general readers alike?" "Morris Dickstein's new book, Double Agent, makes an impassioned plea for criticism to move beyond the limits of poststructuralist theory, eccentric scholarship, blinkered formalism, opaque jargon, and politically motivated cultural studies. Emphasizing the relation of critics to the larger world of history and society, Dickstein takes a fresh look at the long tradition of cultural criticism associated with the independent "man of letters," and traces the development of new techniques of close reading in the aftermath of modernism. He examines the work of critics who reached out to a larger public in essays and books that were themselves contributions to literature, including Matthew Arnold, Walter Pater, H. L. Mencken, I. A. Richards, Van Wyck Brooks, Constance Rourke, Lewis Mumford, R. P. Blackmur, Edmund Wilson, Philip Rahv, Lionel Trilling, F. W. Dupee, Alfred Kazin, and George Orwell. This, he argues, is a major intellectual tradition that strikes a delicate balance between social ideas and literary values, between politics and aesthetics. Though marginalized or ignored by academic histories of criticism, it remains highly relevant to current debates about literature, culture, and the university. Dickstein concludes the book with a lively and contentious dialogue on the state of criticism today." "In Double Agent, one of our leading critics offers both a perceptive look at the great public critics of the last hundred years and a deeply felt critique of criticism today. Anyone with an interest in literature, criticism, or culture will want to read this thoughtful and provocative work."--BOOK JACKET |
| Beschreibung: | XV, 220 S. |
| ISBN: | 0195073991 |
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| spelling | Dickstein, Morris 1940-2021 Verfasser (DE-588)140501398 aut Double agent the critic and society Morris Dickstein New York u.a. Oxford Univ. Press 1992 XV, 220 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In recent decades, an enormous gulf has opened up between academic critics addressing their professional colleagues, often in abstruse or technical terms, and the kind of public critic who writes about books, films, plays, music, and art for a wider audience. How did this breach develop between specialists and generalists, between theorists and practical critics, between humanists and antihumanists? What, if anything, can he done to repair it? Can criticism once again become part of a common culture, meaningful to scholars and general readers alike?" "Morris Dickstein's new book, Double Agent, makes an impassioned plea for criticism to move beyond the limits of poststructuralist theory, eccentric scholarship, blinkered formalism, opaque jargon, and politically motivated cultural studies. Emphasizing the relation of critics to the larger world of history and society, Dickstein takes a fresh look at the long tradition of cultural criticism associated with the independent "man of letters," and traces the development of new techniques of close reading in the aftermath of modernism. He examines the work of critics who reached out to a larger public in essays and books that were themselves contributions to literature, including Matthew Arnold, Walter Pater, H. L. Mencken, I. A. Richards, Van Wyck Brooks, Constance Rourke, Lewis Mumford, R. P. Blackmur, Edmund Wilson, Philip Rahv, Lionel Trilling, F. W. Dupee, Alfred Kazin, and George Orwell. This, he argues, is a major intellectual tradition that strikes a delicate balance between social ideas and literary values, between politics and aesthetics. Though marginalized or ignored by academic histories of criticism, it remains highly relevant to current debates about literature, culture, and the university. Dickstein concludes the book with a lively and contentious dialogue on the state of criticism today." "In Double Agent, one of our leading critics offers both a perceptive look at the great public critics of the last hundred years and a deeply felt critique of criticism today. Anyone with an interest in literature, criticism, or culture will want to read this thoughtful and provocative work."--BOOK JACKET Arnold, Matthew <1822-1888> Knowledge Literature Arnold, Matthew 1822-1888 (DE-588)118504282 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1900-1990 gnd rswk-swf Literatuurkritiek gtt Sociale aspecten gtt Geschichte Gesellschaft Literatur Literaturkritik Wissen American literature History and criticism Theory, etc Criticism Social aspects English-speaking countries Criticism English-speaking countries History 20th century English literature History and criticism Theory, etc Historicism Literature and society English-speaking countries Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5 gnd rswk-swf Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd rswk-swf Literaturkritik (DE-588)4036020-9 gnd rswk-swf England (DE-588)4014770-8 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf Arnold, Matthew 1822-1888 (DE-588)118504282 p DE-604 USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Literaturkritik (DE-588)4036020-9 s Geschichte 1900-1990 z Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 s England (DE-588)4014770-8 g Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5 s DE-188 |
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