Revisiting Radical Revision
Year: 2014
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: When dispute about something goes round and round without resolution, it's often a sign that the key term has too many unexplored meanings.I aim to show a kind of hidden ambiguity in "Personal Writing" and "Expressivism," and show how this leads to confusion and bad thinking.First, I'll explore the ambiguity in "personal writing."Then I'll explore "expressivism."James Berlin said that personal writing-writing about the self-is the hallmark of expressivism and named me as a prime expressivist.I'll try to explain why I and other so-called "expressivists" made a prominent place for personal writing but didn't consider it better or more important than other kinds of writing.
Author: Jeff Sommers
Institutions: West Chester University, Miami University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W3085669409