{"product_id":"prospects-of-power-john-snyder-9780813117249","title":"Prospects of Power: Tragedy, Satire, the Essay, and the Theory of Genre","description":"\" Genre-the articulation of \"kind\"-is one of the oldest and most continuous subjects of theoretical and critical commentary. Yet from Romanticism to postmodernism, the concept of genre has been punched with so many holes that today it hardly seems graspable. By combining theory with literary histories of three significantly different genres-tragedy, satire, and the essay-John Snyder reconstructs genre as the figural deployment of symbolic power. One pur pose of this approach is to reconcile the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Snyder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813117240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813117249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"John Snyder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47244014878975,"sku":"9780813117249","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b05107ae-c615-47df-8e76-8e9b50fecd11.jpg?v=1758134723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prospects-of-power-john-snyder-9780813117249","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}