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Shaw, Peter, 1936-

The war against the intellect : episodes in the decline of discourse / Peter Shaw. - 1st ed. - Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press, 1989. - 1 online resource (xx, 181 pages)

[1.] The American heritage: The American heritage and its guardians -- Ezra Pound on American history -- [2.] Literary criticism: The decline of criticism -- The politics of deconstruction -- Feminist literary criticism -- [3.] American literature: Literary scholarship and disparaging American culture -- Civilization's malcontents: responses to Typee -- [4.] The decline of standards: Plagiarism and the literary conscience -- The demotion of man -- The dark age of the humanities -- Epilogue: The academic assault on Allan Bloom.

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ISBN: 1587292181 9781587292187

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Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Criticism--History--United States--20th century.
Litt�erature am�ericaine--Histoire et critique--Th�eorie, etc.
Critique--Histoire--�Etats-Unis--20e si�ecle.
HISTORY.
Criticism.
Intellectual life.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
�Etats-Unis--Vie intellectuelle--20e si�ecle.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

LC Class. No.: E169.12 / .S47 1989eb

Dewey Class. No.: 973.92