American Cultural Critics

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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This collection of essays assesses the work of a number of American intellectuals, including Susan Sontag, F.O. Mathieson, Daniel Bell and Hannah Arendt, who have addressed issues of culture and its multifaceted relations to politics, history, sociology and literary criticism. Concentrating on writing since 1940, the essays examine the central themes of American postwar intellectual history, including the continuing reaction to (or against) modernity and technology, the legacies of Marxism and psychoanalysis, and the re-examination of American founding principles and figures in conservative or liberal terms.

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Utgivningsdatum1995-10-01
Mått144 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt438 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagUniversity of Exeter
ISBN9780859894043

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Introduction, David Murray1. Southern Literary and Intellectual History in the Twentieth Century: The Agrarians to Richard Weaver, Michael Kreyling2. The Agony of the Avant-Garde: Philip Rahv and the New York Intellectuals, Hugh Wilford3. F.O. Mattheissen's "Devotion to the Possibilities of Democracy" and his Place as an American Intellectual, Richard Bradbury4. Susan Sontag: The Intellectual and Cultural Criticism, Liam Kennedy5. Stanley Cavell: Must We Believe What We Say?, Michael Wood6. The Person in Place: Lewis Mumford, Pioneer of Cultural Criticism, Clive Bush7. Coming of Age in America: Margaret Mead and Karen Horney, Helen Carr8. Erik H. Erikson's Critical Themes and Voices: The Task of Synthesis, Lawrence J. Friedman9. Philip Rieff, Jerry Z. Muller10. Hannah Arendt, Richard H. King11. Garry Wills, Stephen J. Whitfield12. Black Intellectuals Past and Present, Ross Posnock13. Culture at Modernity's End: Daniel Bell and Fredric Jameson, Nick HeffernanIndex

'Each essay exposes stronger connections than one might imagine between the lives and writings of some of America's important critics. What is nice about the entire collection is that each essay spends more time on history and biography than critical analysis.' (Borderlines: Studies in American Culture Vol.4 , No. 1, 1997)'. . . The book offers a rich harvest of insights (some even refreshingly novel) into the interior of a number of American critical paradigms - some central, some marginal, but all undoubtedly relevant.' (Newsletter of the European Association for American Studies)