ISBN: 1566630959

[SR: 16435027], Paperback, [EAN: 9781566630955], Ivan R. Dee, Ivan R. Dee, Book, [PU: Ivan R. Dee], Ivan R. Dee, American literary criticism has taken a turn for the worse, Peter Shaw arg… Plus…

[SR: 16435027], Paperback, [EAN: 9781566630955], Ivan R. Dee, Ivan R. Dee, Book, [PU: Ivan R. Dee], Ivan R. Dee, American literary criticism has taken a turn for the worse, Peter Shaw argues. Led chiefly by academics in the service of one or another ideology, critics in the last three decades have systematically raided the great works of 19th-century American literature and virtually robbed them of their deepest meaning. To illustrate, Shaw considers the treatment meted out to five American classics: Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, now reduced to a woman's struggle against an oppressive male orthodoxy; Moby Dick, actually a parable of doomed capitalism; Billy Budd, a reinforcement of senseless authority; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, blind to racism, among other failings; and Henry James's The Bostonians, perhaps an attack on lesbianism but at least a bumbling excuse for a novel. Tracing the evolution of this vein of criticism, and quoting the critics who have brought us to today's warped interpretations, Shaw shows convincingly that these great American books—and their readers—have been robbed of their complex humanity, the stuff that has made them great literature. Recovering American Literature is a clarion call for the restoration of criticism unfettered by ideological b, 10207, Criticism & Theory, 10204, History & Criticism, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 10225, Movements & Periods, 10159346011, Ancient & Classical, 10227, Arthurian Romance, 10229, Beat Generation, 10159350011, Feminist, 10243, Gothic & Romantic, 10175, LGBT, 10233, Medieval, 11764668011, Modern, 10236, Modernism, 10238, Postmodernism, 10240, Renaissance, 10159354011, Shakespeare, 10245, Surrealism, 489654, Victorian, 10204, History & Criticism, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 9928, United States, 10159376011, African American, 10159377011, Asian American, 10159379011, Hispanic American, 11764667011, Regional, 10159358011, Regional & Cultural, 10204, History & Criticism, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 491406, American Literature, 468236, Literature, 468206, Humanities, 465600, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, 2349030011, Specialty Boutique, 283155, Books, 491404, Literary Theory, 468236, Literature, 468206, Humanities, 465600, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, 2349030011, Specialty Boutique, 283155, Books<

1995, ISBN: 9781566630955

Chicago:: Ivan R. Dee, Inc., (1995.). Near fine (an unread copy, but with a very short tear to upper edge of front cover.). Trade paperback. Looks at the treatment of 5 American classi… Plus…

Chicago:: Ivan R. Dee, Inc., (1995.). Near fine (an unread copy, but with a very short tear to upper edge of front cover.). Trade paperback. Looks at the treatment of 5 American classics by academic critics: Hawthrone's The Scarlet Letter, Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Melville's Moby Dick and Billy Budd and James's The Bostonians. 203 pp. with notes and index., Ivan R. Dee, Inc.<

1995, ISBN: 9781566630955

Ivan R. Dee, 1995-08-01. 1st Elephant pbk. ed. Paperback. Used:Good., Ivan R. Dee, 1995-08-01, 0