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"Confessions of a Reluctant Critic," by Ihab Hassan, was published originally in New
Literary History 24, 1 (Winter 1993), copyright © 1993 by Ihab Hassan.

"Deconstruction After the Fall," by David Lehman, was published in an earlier form in
the AWP Chronicle 25, 3 ( December 1992), copyright © 1992 by David Lehman.

"Time and the Intelligentsia: A Patchwork in Nine Parts, with Loopholes," by Gary Saul Morson
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The emperor redressed : critiquing critical theory / edited with an
introduction by Dwight Eddins.

p. cm.

Papers and concluding panel discussion of the Eighteenth Alabama

Symposium on English and American Literature held Oct. 8-10, 1992,
at the University of Alabama.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8173-0778-8 : $29.95

1. Criticism--Congresses. 2. Deconstruction--Congresses.

3. English literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

4. American literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

I. Eddins, Dwight, 1939- . II. Alabama Symposium on English and
American Literature (18th : 1992 : University of Alabama)

PN98.D43E48 1995

801′.95′0973--dc20 94-32333

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