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- catalog abstract ""Valentine Cunningham's controversial manifesto asks what will and should happen to reading in the post-theory era. His account examines the spread of literary theory from the 1960s, when it was considered highly contentious, to the present time, when theoretical approaches are taken for granted across a range of disciplines. Whilst acknowledging the necessity of theory for reading and recognising the good it has done, he strongly criticises it for encouraging bad reading, and for diminishing the richness, scope and human connection of texts." "Cunningham argues that theory has made texts secondary to questions of ideology, oppressions and resistance (important though they are) and proposes that what is needed in order to rescue literary studies is a return to close and 'tactful' reading. His manifesto insists on the primacy of texts over all theorising about them, and on the restoration of the human to literary studies."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12267800.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Cunningham argues that theory has made texts secondary to questions of ideology, oppressions and resistance (important though they are) and proposes that what is needed in order to rescue literary studies is a return to close and 'tactful' reading. His manifesto insists on the primacy of texts over all theorising about them, and on the restoration of the human to literary studies."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Valentine Cunningham's controversial manifesto asks what will and should happen to reading in the post-theory era. His account examines the spread of literary theory from the 1960s, when it was considered highly contentious, to the present time, when theoretical approaches are taken for granted across a range of disciplines. Whilst acknowledging the necessity of theory for reading and recognising the good it has done, he strongly criticises it for encouraging bad reading, and for diminishing the richness, scope and human connection of texts."".
- catalog description "1. What Then? What Now? -- 2. Reading Always Comes After -- 3. Theory, What Theory? -- 4. The Good of Theory -- 5. Fragments ... Ruins -- 6. All What Jazz? Or, The Incredibly Disappearing Text -- 7. Textual Abuse: Or, Down With Stock Responses -- 8. Theory Shrinks -- 9. Touching Reading -- 10. When I Can Read My Title Clear.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-183) and index.".
- catalog extent "194 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0631221670 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0631221689 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Blackwell manifestos".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell,".
- catalog subject "801/.95/0904 21".
- catalog subject "Criticism 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Criticism History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Literature, Modern History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PN94 .C86 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. What Then? What Now? -- 2. Reading Always Comes After -- 3. Theory, What Theory? -- 4. The Good of Theory -- 5. Fragments ... Ruins -- 6. All What Jazz? Or, The Incredibly Disappearing Text -- 7. Textual Abuse: Or, Down With Stock Responses -- 8. Theory Shrinks -- 9. Touching Reading -- 10. When I Can Read My Title Clear.".
- catalog title "Reading after theory / Valentine Cunningham.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".