The division of literature, or The university in deconstruction
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The division of literature, or The university in deconstruction
University of Chicago Press, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780226423234
Description
Where does the university begin and the "outside" end? How has literature become established as a separate domain within the university? Demonstrating that these questions of division are intricately related, Peggy Kamuf explores the space that the university devotes to the study of literature. Kamuf begins by analyzing the complex history of literary study within the modern university, critically reading developments from the French Revolution through the 19th century and beyond in Europe. She then turns to one of the most troubling works in the American literary canon - Melville's "The Confidence-Man" - to show how academic literary history has avoided confronting the implications of works in which meaning is never solely confined within a past.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction: Catachresis and Institution 1: The University Founders 2: The Rhetoric of Ruin 3: The Walls of Science 4: Peguy and the Event of History 5: The University in Deconstruction Prologue: The Impasse of Literary History Prologue: Melville's Credit Card Epilogue: A Future for It Notes Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780226423241
Description
Where does the university begin and the "outside" end? How has literature become established as a separate domain within the university? Demonstrating that these questions of division are intricately related, Peggy Kamuf explores the space that the university devotes to the study of literature. Kamuf begins by analyzing the complex history of literary study within the modern university, critically reading developments from the French Revolution through the 19th century and beyond in Europe. She then turns to one of the most troubling works in the American literary canon - Melville's "The Confidence-Man" - to show how academic literary history has avoided confronting the implications of works in which meaning is never solely confined within a past.
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