Recalcitrance, Faulkner, and the Professors (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Austin M. Wright
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Literary theory
- Principal Characters: Charlie Mercer, Bill Tuttle, Jake Jackson, Olga Wing, Arthur Birdsong, Eve Birdsong
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Philosophy or philosophers, Literature, Debates or debating
Austin M. Wright has written a rare work of literary theory, a readable and entertaining study of a major theoretical problem that can be understood by a thoughtful reader who is generally unfamiliar with literary theory. The key to his success is his use of the dialectical approach which he adopts from Plato. Wright discusses this method at the end of the book, when he has two of his characters, Charlie Mercer and Eve Birdsong, discuss how their experience of a four-day roundtable can be written up most effectively. There are good theoretical and practical reasons for presenting the...
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