Loaded Words Contributor(s): Garber, Marjorie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823242056 ISBN-13: 9780823242054 Publisher: Fordham University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Social Science | Popular Culture - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Etymology |
Dewey: 422 |
LCCN: 2012002859 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.70 lbs) 246 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/05/2012 pg. 58 Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2012 Shelf Awareness 06/08/2012 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: One of our most important cultural critics, at the top of her form, comments on a wide range of topics in both general and academic culture. In Loaded Words the inimitable literary and cultural critic Marjorie Garber invites readers to join her in a rigorous and exuberant exploration of language. What links the pieces included in this vibrant new collection is the author's contention that all words are inescapably loaded-that is, highly charged, explosive, substantial, intoxicating, fruitful, and overbrimming-and that such loading is what makes language matter. Garber casts her keen eye on terms from knowledge, belief, madness, interruption, genius, and celebrity to humanities, general education, and academia. Included here are an array of stirring essays, from the title piece, with its demonstration of the importance of language to our thinking about the world; to the superb Mad Lib, on the concept of madness from Mad magazine to debates between Foucault and Derrida; to pieces on Shakespeare, the most culturally loaded name of our time, and the Renaissance. With its wide range of cultural references and engaging style coupled with fresh intellectual inquiry, Loaded Words will draw in and enchant scholars, students, and general readers alike. |
Contributor Bio(s): Garber, Marjorie: - Marjorie Garber is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English and of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University. Her many books include Loaded Words (Fordham); Symptoms of Culture; Quotation Marks; Shakespeare After All; Vested Interests: Cross-Dressing and Cultural Anxiety; and The Use and Abuse of Literature. |
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