Exploding English: Criticism, Theory, Culture

by Bernard Bergonzi

Book Overview

In this book, literary critic and English teacher Bernard Bergonzi examines the state of contemporary English studies. He discusses the developments and changes seen in the United States and England since 1959, including the impact of the Thatcherite transformation of the academy on traditional practices, and the influence of the "rainbow coalition," comprising poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, and feminism. Drawing on recent critical theory,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198112610
• ISBN13: 9780198112617
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.