The Death of Literature by Professor Alvin Kernan Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less
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Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300047835
ISBN-139780300047837
eBay Product ID (ePID)105734
Product Key Features
Book TitleDeath of Literature
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Semiotics & Theory
Publication Year1990
GenreLiterary Criticism
AuthorAlvin B. Kernan
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight16.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN90-031208
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal801/.95/09045
SynopsisIn this book, the author looks at some of the agents that have contributed to literature's demise and ponders whether its vitality can be restored in the changing circumstances of late 20th century culture., A distinguished writer and scholar explores literature's "crisis of confidence". Writing in anecdotal and witty style, Kernan relates the death of literature to a variety of agents and ponders whether literature's vitality can be restored in the changing circumstances of late 20th-century culture.