| Professional Correctness: Literary Studies and Political Change Revised Edition Contributor(s): Fish, Stanley (Author) |
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ISBN: 067471220X ISBN-13: 9780674712201 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 801.95 |
| Lexile Measure: 1580 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.25" (0.42 lbs) 162 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The discipline of literary criticism is strictly defined, and the most pressing issues of our time--racism, violence against women and homosexuals, cultural imperialism, and the like--are located outside its domain. In Professional Correctness, Stanley Fish raises a provocative challenge to those who try to turn literary studies into an instrument of political change, arguing that when literary critics try to influence society at large by addressing social and political issues, they cease to be literary critics at all. Anyone interested in the debate over the place of cultural studies in the field of literary criticism, or the more general question of whether academics can become the public intellectuals many aspire to be, needs to read Fish's powerful and unconventional argument for restoring discipline to the academy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fish, Stanley: - Stanley Fish is Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Humanities and Law at Florida International University. His many books include There's No Such Thing as Free Speech: And It's a Good Thing, Too. |