Critical Intellectuals on Writing

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Critical Intellectuals on Writing

Author(s): Gary A. Olson (Editor), Lynn Worsham

  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publication Date: 2 July 2003
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 209 pages
  • ISBN-10: 0791458423
  • ISBN-13: 9780791458426

Book Description

A fascinating look at how some of the world’s most eminent scholars conceive of their own relationship with writing and with the work of being a critical intellectual.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Critical intellectual work and the challenges of writing are increasingly important in an era of technological revolution, social transformation, conflict, and danger. Olson and Worsham provocatively question major scholars on issues of writing and conceiving critical intellectual work today. The wealth of different positions forces the reader to consider the complexities of communicating with the public, finding adequate means of expression, and engaging political and social responsibility.”

“Theorists of all persuasions often take the rhetoric and aesthetic of their writing for granted. This collection of reflections on writing by some of our leading intellectuals is unique in the recent literature. Each contribution is insightful and, in many cases, a genuine contribution. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to know what these intellectuals are doing in their writing and why.”

About the Author

Gary A. Olson is Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg.

Lynn Worsham is Professor of English at the University of South Florida. Olson is most recently the author of Justifying Belief: Stanley Fish and the Work of Rhetoric, published by SUNY Press and Worsham is most recently the coeditor (with Sidney I. Dobrin and Gary A. Olson) of The Kinneavy Papers: Theory and the Study of Discourse, also published by SUNY Press.

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