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Author Poirier, Richard.

Title The performing self; compositions and decompositions in the languages of contemporary life.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1971.

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 Moore Stacks  PS221 .P64    Available  ---
Description xv, 203 pages ; 22 cm
Contents A literature of law and order.--The politics of self-parody.--The literature of waste: Eliot, Joyce, and others.--What is English studies, and if you know what that is, what is English literature?--The performing self.--Learning from the Beatles.--The war against the young: its beginnings.--Rock of ages.--Escape to the future.
Form Also issued online.
Subject American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
American literature.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
English literature.
Popular culture -- English-speaking countries.
Popular culture.
English-speaking countries.
Criticism -- English-speaking countries.
Criticism.
Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle.
Littérature anglaise -- 20e siècle.
ISBN 0195013889