Empire burlesque the fate of critical culture in global America / [electronic resource] :
Daniel T. O'Hara.
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.
- xiv, 370 p.
- New Americanists .
- e-Duke books scholarly collection. New Americanists. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-364) and index.
Edward W. Said and the fate of critical culture -- Why Foucault no longer matters -- Lentricchia's frankness and the place of literature -- Redesigning the lessons of literature -- The return to ethics and the specter of reading -- Class in a global light : the two professions -- Transference and abjection : an analytic parable -- Ghostwork : an uncanny prospect for new Americanists -- Specter of theory : the bad conscience of American criticism -- Empire baroque : becoming other in Henry James -- Planet buyer and the catmaster : a critical future for transference.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Criticism--History--United States--20th century. American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc. Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc. Mass media and culture--United States. Journalism--United States.
United States--Civilization--Foreign influences. United States--Civilization--1970-