レビュー
"Because The Uses of Literacy was first published half a century ago, we are in danger of regarding Richard Hoggart as a voice from the past, one to be recalled in moments of piety but otherwise safely forgotten. This excellent collection forces us to think otherwise. The contributors, with David Lodge, Fred Inglis, and Sue Owen herself to the fore, respond to what continues to be forceful, persuasive, and (in its own distinctive way) urgent about Richard Hoggart's writing. In fact, it is precisely by trying to capture and analyse that familiar yet elusive 'voice' that this book most effectively shows Hoggart to be, in every sense, a living presence, speaking to debates about class, education, literature, and what is misrepresented as 'dumbing down'. By re-examining his career and his work, the essays probe beyond a too-familiar reputation to bring out a man who has always been more complex, more multi-talented, and more literary than text-book histories of the origins of 'Cultural Studies' ever allow. And, from the opening contribution by his son, Simon Hoggart, onwards we get engaging glimpses of the private man, one who continues to inspire admiration, affection, and love."Stefan Collini, Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge
著者について
Sue Owen is Professor of English Literature and Cultural Analysis at the University of Sheffield. As well as numerous books and articles on a range of subjects (Restoration Drama, drink, chaos theory and Marxism), she has published: 'The Abuse of Literacy and The Feeling Heart: The Trials of Richard Hoggart, ' Cambridge Quarterly (2005) and 'Richard Hoggart as Literary Critic, ' International Journal of Cultural Studies, (2007). She organized 'The Uses of Richard Hoggart', an international, cross-disciplinary conference on Richard Hoggart at Sheffield in April 2006 and co-edited with John Hartley the special Hoggart issue of the International Journal of Cultural Studies (2007). In press: (ed.) Richard Hoggart and Cultural Studies (Palgrave) and a book-length critical study of Richard Hogga
