num_pages: 256
description: This carefully reasoned and witty book presents a searing critique of the pretension and folly infecting the literary academy. Besides targeting the excesses of "theory," the essays cover such diverse figures as Joseph Conrad, Henry Miller, Norman Mailer, Philip Roth, Philip Rahv, and Leslie Fiedler.
language: English
title: Skeptical Engagements
titlecomplete: Skeptical Engagements
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Cybereditions Corp