{"product_id":"the-limits-of-critique-paperback","title":"The Limits of Critique - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRita Felski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy must critics unmask and demystify literary works? Why do they believe that language is always withholding some truth, that the critic's task is to reveal the unsaid or repressed? In this book, Rita Felski examines critique, the dominant form of interpretation in literary studies, and situates it as but one method among many, a method with strong allure-but also definite limits. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Felski argues that critique is a sensibility best captured by Paul Ricoeur's phrase \"the hermeneutics of suspicion.\" She shows how this suspicion toward texts forecloses many potential readings while providing no guarantee of rigorous or radical thought. Instead, she suggests, literary scholars should try what she calls \"postcritical reading\" rather than looking behind a text for hidden causes and motives, literary scholars should place themselves in front of it and reflect on what it suggests and makes possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By bringing critique down to earth and exploring new modes of interpretation, \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Critique\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh approach to the relationship between artistic works and the social world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRita Felski\u003c\/b\u003e is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English at the University of Virginia and the editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Literary History\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of several books, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eUses of Literature \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLiterature after Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47708802285816,"sku":"9780226294032","price":47.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/WnQ5VmZrcXl6a0JPS0ZjYVkzRy9WUT09.webp?v=1766649350","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-limits-of-critique-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}