High Resolution : Critical Theory and the Problem of Literacy.
Title:
High Resolution : Critical Theory and the Problem of Literacy.
Author:
Sussman, Henry S.
ISBN:
9780195363692
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (273 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- 1. Toward Differential Literacy: The Pursuit of Rigor in the Age of Kitsch -- 2. The Marble Faun and the Space of American Letters -- 3. The Deconstructor and the Politician: Melville's The Confidence-Man -- 4. The University of Verse: The Economies of Modern American Poetry -- 5. The Expanding Castle: The Literature of Literacy -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This book examines the predicament of literacy in mass culture from the perspective of contemporary critical theory. Sussman argues that the question of literacy has been of central concern to authors ranging from Hawthorne and Melville to Pound, Calvino, and Milan Kundera--and has shaped their most significant works. He traces the conflict between resolution and literacy in contemporary society, and demonstrates how critical theory has anticipated and accounted for this tension.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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