Description: Pleasures of Babel : Contemporary American Literature and Theory, Paperback by Clayton, Jay, ISBN 0195083733, ISBN-13 9780195083736, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The Pleasures of Babel acquaints the layperson and the expert alike with the creative and intellectual achievements of America's multicultural society. Arguing that the present is "a great period of writing," Jay Clayton relates novels from the seventies, eighties, and nineties to the latest developments in literary theory. He offers a lucid, cutting-edge look at the often stormy relationship between contemporary literature and criticism. Avoiding theoretical jargon, Clayton systematically sets out to make sense of the critical movements of the last two decades: deconstruction, psychoanalysis, minority writing, multiculturalism, and feminism. In the course of clarifying the accomplishments of Barthes, Kristeva, Lyotard, Said, and others, the author discusses some of America's most prominent writers of fiction: Saul Bellow, Sandra Cisneros, . Doctorow, Toni Morrison, and many others. The result successfully weds a layperson's guide to recent criticism with a scholarly application of that criticism to the very works it concerns. In light of the current debates being waged over the canon and multiculturalism, The Pleasures of Babel should prove an indispensable tool for those engaged in the practice of literary criticism, as well as anyone concerned with the way in which narrative interacts with society.
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Book Title: Pleasures of Babel : Contemporary American Literature and Theory
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Pleasures of Babel : Contemporary American Literature and Theory
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1993
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, General, American / General, Rhetoric
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 9.1 Oz
Author: Jay Clayton
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Length: 8.3 in
Item Width: 5.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
