Cultural Capital

John Guillory

earliest edition we have, 1993 University of Chicago Press, 2023

In Cultural Capital, John Guillory challenges the most fundamental premises of the canon debate by resituating the problem of canon formation in an entirely new theoretical framework. The result is a book that promises to recast not only the debate about the literary curriculum but also the controversy over "multiculturalism" and the current "crisis of the humanities.". Guillory argues that canon formation must be u...

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Cultural Capital edition · 2023 · University of Chicago Press · 9780226830605
Cultural Capital edition · 2023 · University of Chicago Press · 9780226830599
Cultural Capital paperback · 1995 · University Of Chicago Press · 408 pages · 9780226310442
Cultural capital edition · 1993 · University of Chicago Press · 392 pages

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