Loaded Words

By: Marjorie Garber

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Hardcover | 1 June 2012

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246 Pages

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22.9 x 15.2 x 1.75

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In Loaded Words the inimitable literary and cultural critic Marjorie Garber invites readers to join her in a rigorous and exuberant exploration of language. What links the pieces included in this vibrant new collection is the author's contention that all words are inescapably loaded-that is, highly charged, explosive, substantial, intoxicating, fruitful, and overbrimming-and that such loading is what makes language matter.
Garber casts her keen eye on terms from knowledge, belief, madness, interruption, genius, and celebrity to humanities, general education, and academia. Included here are an array of stirring essays, from the title piece, with its demonstration of the importance of language to our thinking about the world; to the superb "Mad Lib," on the concept of madness from Mad magazine to debates between Foucault and Derrida; to pieces on Shakespeare, "the most culturally loaded name of our time," and the Renaissance.
With its wide range of cultural references and engaging style coupled with fresh intellectual inquiry, Loaded Words will draw in and enchant scholars, students, and general readers alike.

Industry Reviews

Praise for Marjorie Garber: "Garber's is the most exhilarating seminar room you'll ever enter." NEWSWEEK magazine, review of Shakespeare After All (a top five best nonfiction book of 2004) "[Garber's] gift for analytical gab has few rivals... [a] lucid synthesis of detail, documents, and historical fact." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, review of Symptoms of Culture "Erudite and stimulating... Garber is warmly clarifying and acerbically entertaining." BOOKLIST, review of The Use and Abuse of Literature "Masterfully bridging the gap between high culture and low, Garber's witty, accessible essays give us surprising angles on a host of topics." JONATHAN CULLER, Cornell University

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