University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226532275 9780226532271 [GB]

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226532275 9780226532271 [US]

New. ISBN 0226532275 9780226532271 [US]

The University of Chicago Press 1994 Trade paperback This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 300grams, ISBN: 0226532275.

Univ of Chicago Pr, Date: 1985. Paperback. New. 152 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.25 inches. 1985. Univ of Chicago Pr ISBN 0226532275 9780226532271 [GB]

Paperback / softback. New. "Against Theory," the title essay in this volume, challenges the notion that literary theory has any real work to do, or any results to show. This challenge--issued by Steven Knapp and Walter Benn Michaels in Critical Inquiry (8:4)--strikes some critics as scandalous, others as provocative and productive. The argument is directed against both sides of the current debates in literary theory, criticizing theoretical "objectivists" like E. D. Hirsch, Jr., on the one hand, and proponents of indeterminacy like Paul de Man on the other. The attack is not just on a particular way of doing theory but on the entire project of literary theory. The challenge is not only to a way of thinking and writing but to a way of making a living. The resulting controversy has drawn so much attention among literary critics that it has been collected in a single volume so that the debate can be followed from start to finish. This collection includes the essay "Against Theory," seven responses to it, and a rejoinder by Knapp and Michaels (originally published in Critical Inquiry 9:4); in addition, there are two new statements plus a final reply by Knapp and Michaels. The debate chronicled in this volume raises the most fundamental issues in the theory of meaning and the practice of interpretation. Are Knapp and Michaels confronting literary theory with a new "pragmatic" form of theory? Or are ...

University of Chicago Press Journals, Date: 1985-06-15. paperback. Used:Good. 1985. University of Chicago Press Journals ISBN 0226532275 9780226532271 [US]

ISBN10: 0226532275, ISBN13: 9780226532271, [publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr] Softcover 152 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.25 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1985]

University of Chicago Press Journals, Date: 1985-06-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1985. University of Chicago Press Journals ISBN 0226532275 9780226532271 [US]