The war against the intellect : episodes in the decline of discourse /
By: Shaw, Peter.
Publisher: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1989Edition: 1st ed.Description: xx, 181 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 087745230X; 9780877452300; 0877452407 (pbk.); 9780877452409 (pbk.).Subject(s): American literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc | Criticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Littérature américaine -- Histoire et critique -- Théorie, etc | Critique -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle | United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century | États-Unis -- Vie intellectuelle -- 20e siècleDDC classification: 973.92 | 973.92 $2 19 Also issued online.[1.] The American heritage: The American heritage and its guardians -- Ezra Pound on American history -- [2.] Literary criticism: The decline of criticism -- The politics of deconstruction -- Feminist literary criticism -- [3.] American literature: Literary scholarship and disparaging American culture -- Civilization's malcontents: responses to Typee -- [4.] The decline of standards: Plagiarism and the literary conscience -- The demotion of man -- The dark age of the humanities -- Epilogue: The academic assault on Allan Bloom.
Also issued online.