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Author O'Hara, Daniel T., 1948-

Title Empire burlesque [electronic resource] : the fate of critical culture in global America / Daniel T. O'Hara.

Imprint Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.

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Description xiv, 370 p.
Series New Americanists
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
New Americanists.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-364) and index.
Contents Edward W. Said and the fate of critical culture -- Why Foucault no longer matters -- Lentricchia's frankness and the place of literature -- Redesigning the lessons of literature -- The return to ethics and the specter of reading -- Class in a global light : the two professions -- Transference and abjection : an analytic parable -- Ghostwork : an uncanny prospect for new Americanists -- Specter of theory : the bad conscience of American criticism -- Empire baroque : becoming other in Henry James -- Planet buyer and the catmaster : a critical future for transference.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Criticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
American literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
Mass media and culture -- United States.
Journalism -- United States.
United States -- Civilization -- Foreign influences.
United States -- Civilization -- 1970-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780822384663
0822384663
0822330326 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822330325 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822330199 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822330196 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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