John M. Ellis
Auteur de Literature Lost: Social Agendas and the Corruption of the Humanities
Œuvres de John M. Ellis
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- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 104
- Popularité
- #184,481
- Évaluation
- 4.0
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- 2
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- 4
I felt enlightened by this book. I felt enlightened in particular by the historical threads Ellis weaves together to argue that contemporary literary criticism, with its self-reflective, deeply critical take on works of literature, is merely the latest manifestation of a culture of self-criticism that the West has embraced, and passed through, from Tacitus to Rousseau to Marx to Derrida.
I was persuaded. This is a nuanced argument, unlike other books (The Closing of the American Mind comes to mind) that seem fueled primarily by reactionary backlash.… (plus d'informations)