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Morris Dickstein, Double Agent: The Critic and Society (Oxford University Press, 1992; 1996) By paying homage to his favorite literary critics — Matthew Arnold, Roland Barthes, George Orwell, Lionel Trilling, et al. — Dickstein also offers up a history of cultural criticism over the last century, from the rise and fall of literary journalism to the growth of American Studies. By examining cultural criticism's shift away from public language toward a professionalized domain, his book is an appeal to contemporary practitioners to close the gap between academic and popular criticism. The Chicago Tribune review said that "the qualities Dickstein prizes in his gallery of critics—their respect for intellectual complexities, their energetic prose, their faith in the power of art to illuminate and transform our lives—are all present in his own work. His book deserves a place alongside those of the masters it commemorates." MORE: U.S. Society & Values interview with Dickstein Weber Studies book review Robert Boynton's interview with Dickstein Amazon |
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