The Eloquence of the Vulgar: Language, Cinema and the Politics of Culture

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In The Eloquence of the Vulgar, the distinguished academic Colin MacCabe reflects on cultural change from Shakespeare to Derek Jarman, on the institutional forms of knowledge, on the links between popular and elite art, and on the role of the intellectual in contemporary life. A radical argument emerges from the book's diverse concerns. Cinema and television - the new and democratic art forms of the twentieth century - demand a fundamental rethinking of our concepts of language and culture. What is at stake is the very idea of a liberal and humane education. Cover Title Copyright Contents Preface Original Sources Introduction Part One: Theories and Practices 1. The Revenge of the Author 2. The Linguistics of Writing 3. Righting English, or Does Spelling Matter? 4. Defining Popular Culture Part Two: Readings – Cultural Forms and Social Change 5. Abusing Self and Others: Puritan Accounts of the Shakespearian Stage 6. Death of a Nation: Television in the Early 60s 7. A Post-national European Cinema: A Consideration of Derek Jarman’s The Tempest and Edward II Part Three: Readings – Intellectuals in Transit 8. Fredric Jameson 9. James Snead 10. Gayatri Spivak Part Four: Institutional Initiatives 11. On the Eloquence of the Vulgar 12. Cultural Studies and English 13. Decisions Index