| A William V. Spanos Reader: Humanist Criticism and the Secular Imperative Contributor(s): O'Hara, Daniel T. (Editor), Martin, Michelle (Editor), Pease, Donald (Editor) |
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ISBN: 081013084X ISBN-13: 9780810130845 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 801.95 |
| LCCN: 2015029421 |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (2.40 lbs) 728 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The American critic William V. Spanos, a pioneer of postmodern theory and co-founder of one of its principal organs, the journal boundary 2, is, in the words of A William V. Spanos Reader coeditor Daniel T. O'Hara, everything that current post-modern theory is accused of not being: polemical, engaged, prophetic, passionate. Informed by his experience as a prisoner of war in Dresden, Spanos saw dire con-sequences for life in modernist aesthetic experiments, and he thereafter imbued his work with a constructive aspect ever in the name of more life. A William V. Spanos Reader collects Spanos's most important critical essays, providing both an introduc-tion to his prophetic, visionary work and a provocation to the practice of humanistic criticism. |