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Three Unresolved Debates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

Extract

It is such an honor to have Forms chosen for a special feature in PMLA, and I am grateful for the time and energy these scholars put into their thoughtful responses. Taken together, these contributions point to three core questions that divide us in the field today: What is politics? How should we understand agency? And what is the value and purpose of literature and literary studies?

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Theories and Methodologies
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Copyright © 2017 The Modern Language Association of America

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