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Theoretical Inquiry - Language, Linguistics, and Literature (Hardcover, New)
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Theoretical Inquiry - Language, Linguistics, and Literature (Hardcover, New)
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In the aftermath of debate about the death of literary theory,
Austin E. Quigley asks whether theory has failed us or we have
failed literary theory. Theory can thrive, he argues, only if we
understand how it can be strategically deployed to reveal what it
does not presuppose. This involves the repositioning of theoretical
inquiry relative to historical and critical inquiry and the
repositioning of theories relative to each other. What follows is a
thought-provoking reexamination of the controversial claims of
pluralism in literary studies. The book explores the related roles
of literary history, criticism, and theory by tracing the
fascinating history of linguistics as an intellectual problem in
the twentieth century. Quigley's approach clarifies the pluralistic
nature of literary inquiry, the viability and life cycles of
theories, the controversial status of canonicity, and the polemical
nature of the culture wars by positioning them all in the context
of recurring debates about language that have their earliest
exemplifications in classical times.
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