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Dickstein, Morris. Double agent : the critic and society / Morris Dickstein. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
xvi, 220 p. ; 25 cm. Content notes : 1. Introduction: What Happened to Criticism -- 2. Cultural Criticism: Matthew Arnold and Beyond -- 3. The Rise and Fall of "Practical" Criticism: From I. A. Richards to Barthes and Derrida -- 4. Journalism as Criticism -- 5. Criticism Among the Intellectuals: Partial Portraits. Lionel Trilling and The Liberal Imagination. R. P. Blackmur: The Last Book. The Critic as Sage: Northrop Frye. Up from Alienation: The New York Intellectuals. A Precious Anomaly: F. W. Dupee. Alfred Kazin's America -- 6. The Critic and Society, 1900-1950: The Counter Tradition. Criticism: The Transformation. The Generation of 1910. The Attack on the Gilded Age: Van Wyck Brooks and H. L. Mencken. The Critic as Man of Letters: Edmund Wilson and Malcolm Cowley. The Rise of American Studies. Trilling as a Cultural Critic. Kazin, Rahv, and Partisan Review. Orwell: Politics, Criticism, and Popular Culture. Conclusion: England and America -- 7. The Return to History? A Dialogue on Criticism Today. 0195073991 (acid-free paper) 9780195073997 (acid-free paper) * Arnold, Matthew,, 1822-1888 - Knowledge - Literature. Arnold, Matthew * Criticism - Social aspects - English-speaking countries. Criticism - History - 20th century. - English-speaking countries American literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc. English literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc. Literature and society - English-speaking countries. Historicism. Literatuurkritiek. Sociale aspecten. Literaturkritik Gesellschaft * USA Englisch * Literature Criticism