Revenge of the Aesthetic The Place of Literature in Theory Today

"Revenge of the Aesthetic stands as a call for further reassessment of the kind of work being done in the field of literary studies and promises to occupy a critical position in ensuing debates over the place of literature in relation to theory."--Emory Elliott, Distinguised Professor of English, University of California, Riverside "In the landscape of theory, we have been in the throes of historicism, a variety of cultural studies, and a variety of marxisms--all reading right through the text as if texts were not material but transparent, as if they were representations of the social. That was their limit. Revenge of the Aesthetic may well mark the beginning of a revolution against such practices."--Helen Regueiro Elam, Professor of English, SUNY AlbanyClark, Michael is the author of 'Revenge of the Aesthetic The Place of Literature in Theory Today' with ISBN 9780520220041 and ISBN 0520220048.