Reconceptualizing American Literary/Cultural Studies

"Cain's collection is essential reading for anyone concerned about how cultural studies is changing the English department forever." -- Choice

• Part I Rhetoric, Theory, Cultural Studies; Chapter 1 Rhetorical Hermeneutics in Theory, StevenMailloux; Chapter 2 Cultural Rhetoric Studies, StevenMailloux; Chapter 3 Rhetorical Hermeneutics as Reception Study, StevenMailloux; Part II Pragmatism, Rhetoric, Literary Theory; Chapter 4 Approaching the Historical, GilesGunn; Chapter 5 The Rhetoric of Rhetorical Hermeneutics, Robert C.Holub; Chapter 6 Beyond the “Imaginary Museum”, Louise Z.Smith; Part III American Studies; Chapter 7 The Discipline of the Syllabus, Gregory S.Jay; Chapter 8 Rhetorical Hermeneutics, Huckleberry Finn, and Some Problems with Pragmatism, CarlFreedman; Chapter 9 Feeding on American Fiction, David B.Downing; Chapter 10 Cultural Rhetoric and the Promise of Pragmatist Histories, PeterCarafiol; Part IV Gender Politics, Feminism, Sexual Identity; Chapter 11 “My Kinsman, Major Mailloux”, Dale M.Bauer; Chapter 12 Rhetorical Hermeneutics and Gay Identity Politics, William J.Spurlin; Chapter 13 Angels, Critics, and the Rhetoric of AIDS in America, MicheleSordi; Part V Commentary; Chapter 14 The Politics of Doing, StevenMailloux;