Philosophy, rhetoric, literary criticism : (inter)views / edited by Gary A. Olson ; foreword by Clifford Geertz ; introduction by Patricia Bizzell ; commentary by David Bleich.
| Other author | Olson, Gary A., 1954- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1994. |
| Description | xii, 250 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Language philosophy, writing, and reading : a conversation with Donald Davidson / Thomas Kent -- The malaprop in spite of herself : a desperate reading of Donald Davidson / Susan Wells -- A response to "Language philosophy, writing, and reading : a conversation with Donald Davidson" / Reed Way Dasenbrock -- Fish tales : a conversation with "the contemporary sophist" / Gary A. Olson -- A response to "Fish tales : a conversation with 'the contemporary sophist'" / Patricia Bizzell -- "Fish tales" and the politics of anti-professionalism / John Trimbur -- bell hooks and the politics of literacy : a conversation / Gary A. Olson -- bell hooks on literacy and teaching : a response / Joyce Irene Middleton -- Literacy and activism : a response to bell hooks / Tom Fox. |
| Contents | Rhetoric, cultural studies, and the future of critical theory : a conversation with J. Hillis Miller / Gary A. Olson -- On transforming the English Department : a response to J. Hillis Miller / Patricia Harkin -- Learning about learning about deconstruction : an epi(tryingtobe)gone / Jasper Neel -- Jane Tompkins and the politics of writing, scholarship, and pedagogy / Gary A. Olson -- Encounters with Jane Tompkins / Susan C. Jarratt -- Lit/comp : a response to Jane Tompkins / Elizabeth A. Flynn -- Literary theory, philosophy of science, and persuasive discourse : thoughts from a neo-premodernist / Gary A. Olson -- "The good man speaking well," or business as usual / Arabella Lyon -- Novissimum organum : phronesis on the rebound / C. Jan Swearingen -- Commentary : The performance model of teaching and scholarship / David Bleich. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 93038349 |
| ISBN | 080931908X (alk. paper) |