The End of Truth and the Rise of Literary Criticism

by Leon Surette

The End of Truth is threatening political life everywhere in the West, if not everywhere. This study traces the rise of radical skepticism as manifested in literary criticism from the twenties of the last century to the present, with special attention to the movement called "deconstruction." It also surveys the various reformulations of the teaching of literature in the academy over the same period. It does not propose any easy solution, but argues that the teaching of literature in university will be increasingly marginalized unless some way of returning to a celebration of literary texts insrtead of a hostile interrogation of them.

355 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 12, 2021