{"product_id":"seductive-reasoning-ellen-rooney-9781501707216","title":"Seductive Reasoning: Pluralism as the Problematic of Contemporary Literary Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeductive Reasoning\u003c\/i\u003e takes a provocative look at contemporary Anglo-American literary theory, calling into question the critical consensus on pluralism's nature and its status in literary studies. Drawing on the insights of Marxist and feminist critical theory and on the works of Althusser, Derrida, and Foucault, Rooney reads the pluralist's invitation to join in a \"dialogue\" as a seductive gesture. Critics who respond find that they must seek to persuade all of their potential readers. Rooney examines pluralism as a form of logic in the work of E. D. Hirsch, as a form of ethics for Wayne Booth, as a rhetoric of persuasion in the books of Stanley Fish. For Paul de Man, Rooney argues, pluralism was a rhetoric of tropes just as it was, for Fredric Jameson, a form of politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Rooney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501707213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501707216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d","brand":"Ellen Rooney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935200772351,"sku":"9781501707216","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_078422c3-1f14-42f9-aba3-ed72870c8519.jpg?v=1681418441","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seductive-reasoning-ellen-rooney-9781501707216","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}