Rhetorics, Poetics, and Cultures Refiguring College English Studies |
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| Author:
| Berlin, James A. |
| Afterword by:
| Lauer, Janice M. |
| Contribution by:
| Vitanza, Victor J.
Trimbur, John
Harkin, Patricia
Miller, Susan
Brodkey, Linda |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9724772-5-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2003 |
| Publisher: | Parlor Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $12.00 |
Book Description:
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Abstract: Rhetorics, Poetics, and Cultures is James Berlin's most comprehensive effort to refigure the field of English Studies. Here, in his last book, Berlin both historically situates and recovers for today the tools and insights of rhetoric-displaced and marginalized, he argues, by the allegedly disinterested study of aesthetic texts in the college English department. Berlin sees rhetoric as offering a unique perspective on the current disciplinary crisis, complementing the...
More DescriptionAbstract: Rhetorics, Poetics, and Cultures is James Berlin's most comprehensive effort to refigure the field of English Studies. Here, in his last book, Berlin both historically situates and recovers for today the tools and insights of rhetoric-displaced and marginalized, he argues, by the allegedly disinterested study of aesthetic texts in the college English department. Berlin sees rhetoric as offering a unique perspective on the current disciplinary crisis, complementing the challenging perspectives offered by postmodern literary theory and cultural studies.