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This study attempts to answer the question: Is there not a way of thinking about literature that is "outside" or "against" it? Beverley argues for a negation of the literary that would allow non-literary forms of cultural practice to displace literature's hegemony.

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"By Lacan" - from literature to cultural studies; the formation of the ideology of the literary (from Garcilaso to Greenblatt); on the Spanish literary baroque; the margin at the centre - on "testimonio"; second thoughts on "testimonio"; the politics of Latin American postmodernism; the ideology of postmodern music and left politics.

Against Literature

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/09/1993
      ISBN13: 9780816622498, 978-0816622498
      ISBN10: 0816622493

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study attempts to answer the question: Is there not a way of thinking about literature that is "outside" or "against" it? Beverley argues for a negation of the literary that would allow non-literary forms of cultural practice to displace literature's hegemony.

      Table of Contents
      "By Lacan" - from literature to cultural studies; the formation of the ideology of the literary (from Garcilaso to Greenblatt); on the Spanish literary baroque; the margin at the centre - on "testimonio"; second thoughts on "testimonio"; the politics of Latin American postmodernism; the ideology of postmodern music and left politics.

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