Seductive Reasoning

Seductive Reasoning takes a provocative look at contemporary Anglo-American literary theory, calling into question the critical consensus on pluralism's nature and its status in literary studies. Drawing on the insights of Marxist and feminist critical theory and on the works of Althusser, Derrida,...

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description Seductive Reasoning takes a provocative look at contemporary Anglo-American literary theory, calling into question the critical consensus on pluralism's nature and its status in literary studies. Drawing on the insights of Marxist and feminist critical theory and on the works of Althusser, Derrida, and Foucault, Rooney reads the pluralist’s invitation to join in a "dialogue" as a seductive gesture. Critics who respond find that they must seek to persuade all of their potential readers. Rooney examines pluralism as a form of logic in the work of E. D. Hirsch, as a form of ethics for Wayne Booth, as a rhetoric of persuasion in the books of Stanley Fish. For Paul de Man, Rooney argues, pluralism was a rhetoric of tropes just as it was, for Fredric Jameson, a form of politics.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-992842025-07-17T12:15:22Z Seductive Reasoning Rooney, Ellen Literary theory Modern philosophy: since c 1800 Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory Seductive Reasoning takes a provocative look at contemporary Anglo-American literary theory, calling into question the critical consensus on pluralism's nature and its status in literary studies. Drawing on the insights of Marxist and feminist critical theory and on the works of Althusser, Derrida, and Foucault, Rooney reads the pluralist’s invitation to join in a "dialogue" as a seductive gesture. Critics who respond find that they must seek to persuade all of their potential readers. Rooney examines pluralism as a form of logic in the work of E. D. Hirsch, as a form of ethics for Wayne Booth, as a rhetoric of persuasion in the books of Stanley Fish. For Paul de Man, Rooney argues, pluralism was a rhetoric of tropes just as it was, for Fredric Jameson, a form of politics. 2023-04-18T10:26:07Z 2023-04-18T10:26:07Z 2023-03-29T15:51:16Z 2016 book ONIX_20230329_9781501707001_128 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62143 9781501707001 9780801421921 9781501706998 9781501707216 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99284 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62143/1/9781501707001.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62143/1/9781501707001.pdf Cornell University Press Cornell University Press 10.7298/cfj7-9f90 10.7298/cfj7-9f90 05937e7b-c222-4680-9580-c09c5ce7a11e National Endowment for the Humanities 0314e571-4102-4526-b014-3ed8f2d6750a 9781501707001 9780801421921 9781501706998 9781501707216 Cornell University Press 256 Ithaca [...] Open Book Program open access
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Rooney, Ellen
Seductive Reasoning
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Modern philosophy: since c 1800
Literature: history and criticism
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