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This timely book argues that the institutionalisation of literary theory has led to an intellectual sterility which ignores the actual power and scope of literature. The book demands to be read by all teachers of literature and theory, and by anyone concerned with the future of literary studies.

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'By focusing on the condescension with which philosophy has, since Plato, treated poetry, Edmundson has given us a remarkably successful and genuinely original treatment of the relation between contemporary European philosophy and American literary criticism. Though he writes in a spirit of reconciliation, his view is bound to be controversial. Many literary theorists have no wish to be reconciled with the poets.' Richard Rorty

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Prologue: an ancient quarrel; 1. Rhetorics of blindness; 2. Polemics against presence; 3. Real history; 4. Foucault Inc.; 5. Under the influence.

Literature against Philosophy Plato to Derrida

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 6/15/1995 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521485326, 978-0521485326
      ISBN10: 0521485320
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This timely book argues that the institutionalisation of literary theory has led to an intellectual sterility which ignores the actual power and scope of literature. The book demands to be read by all teachers of literature and theory, and by anyone concerned with the future of literary studies.

      Trade Review
      'By focusing on the condescension with which philosophy has, since Plato, treated poetry, Edmundson has given us a remarkably successful and genuinely original treatment of the relation between contemporary European philosophy and American literary criticism. Though he writes in a spirit of reconciliation, his view is bound to be controversial. Many literary theorists have no wish to be reconciled with the poets.' Richard Rorty

      Table of Contents
      Prologue: an ancient quarrel; 1. Rhetorics of blindness; 2. Polemics against presence; 3. Real history; 4. Foucault Inc.; 5. Under the influence.

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