The Politics of Interpretation: Ideology, Professionalism, and the Study of Literature

by Patrick Colm Hogan

This interpretive study analyzes the complex politics of literature, criticism, and professionalism. While affirming the profound importance of political analysis--from the ideological critique of literary texts to the social and economic critique of academic institutions--Hogan reassesses the poststructuralist doctrines that underlie much recent work in this area. He presents extended expositions and criticisms of the views of several influential...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195062728
• ISBN13: 9780195062724
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"