[PDF] A History Of Literary Criticism eBook

Author : M. A. R. Habib
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 49,75 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1405148845

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This comprehensive guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day provides an authoritative overview of the major movements, figures, and texts of literary criticism, as well as surveying their cultural, historical, and philosophical contexts. Supplies the cultural, historical and philosophical background to the literary criticism of each era Enables students to see the development of literary criticism in context Organised chronologically, from classical literary criticism through to deconstruction Considers a wide range of thinkers and events from the French Revolution to Freud’s views on civilization Can be used alongside any anthology of literary criticism or as a coherent stand-alone introduction

Author : George Alexander Kennedy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 30,96 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521300124

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The history of the most hotly debated areas of literary theory, including structuralism and deconstruction.

Author : M. A. R. Habib
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 25,85 MB
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444351567

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Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present provides a concise and authoritative overview of the development of Western literary criticism and theory from the Classical period to the present day An indispensable and intellectually stimulating introduction to the history of literary criticism and theory Introduces the major movements, figures, and texts of literary criticism Provides historical context and shows the interconnections between various theories An ideal text for all students of literature and criticism

Author : Joseph North
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 22,81 MB
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 0674967739

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Critical Revolution Turns Right -- 2. The Scholarly Turn -- 3. The Historicist/Contextualist Paradigm -- 4. The Critical Unconscious -- Conclusion: The Future of Criticism -- Appendix: The Critical Paradigm and T.S. Eliot -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Author : Averroës
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 26,51 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :

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Aristotle's Poetics has held the attention of scholars and authors through the ages, and Averroes has long been known as "the commentator" on Aristotle. His Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Poetics is important because of its striking content. Here, an author steeped in Aristotle's thought and highly familiar with an entirely different poetical tradition shows in careful detail what is commendable about Greek poetics and commendable as well as blameworthy about Arabic poetics.

Author : Rafey Habib
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 18,51 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :

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Exploring the works of a diverse group of 20th century writers including D.H. Lawrence, H.L. Mencken, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Jacques Derrida, this book provides an accessible scholarly introduction to modern literary theory and criticism, placing various modes of criticism in their historical and intellectual contexts.

Author : Harry Blamires
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 1991-08-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1349214957

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The author traces the course of literary criticism from its foundations in classical and medieval precepts to the theorising of the present day. He explores the texts which have been milestones in the history of critical thought, placing them firmly in the context of their time.

Author : Evgeny Dobrenko
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 10,79 MB
Release : 2011-11-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0822977443

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This edited volume assembles the work of leading international scholars in a comprehensive history of Russian literary theory and criticism from 1917 to the post-Soviet age. By examining the dynamics of literary criticism and theory in three arenas—political, intellectual, and institutional—the authors capture the progression and structure of Russian literary criticism and its changing function and discourse. The chapters follow early movements such as formalism, the Bakhtin Circle, Proletklut, futurism, the fellow-travelers, and the Russian Association of Proletarian Writers. By the cultural revolution of 1928, literary criticism became a mechanism of Soviet policies, synchronous with official ideology. The chapters follow theory and criticism into the 1930s with examinations of the Union of Soviet Writers, semantic paleontology, and socialist realism under Stalin. A more "humanized" literary criticism appeared during the ravaging years of World War II, only to be supplanted by a return to the party line, Soviet heroism, and anti-Semitism in the late Stalinist period. During Khrushchev's Thaw, there was a remarkable rise in liberal literature and criticism, that was later refuted in the nationalist movement of the "long" 1970s. The same decade saw, on the other hand, the rise to prominence of semiotics and structuralism. Postmodernism and a strong revival of academic literary studies have shared the stage since the start of the post-Soviet era. For the first time anywhere, this collection analyzes all of the important theorists and major critical movements during a tumultuous ideological period in Russian history, including developments in emigre literary theory and criticism.

Author : Gary Day
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 18,2 MB
Release : 2008-07-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0748628525

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A THE Book of the Week. Did you know that Aristotle thought the best tragedies were those which ended happily? Or that the first mention of the motor car in literature may have been in 1791 in James Boswell's Life of Johnson? Or that it was not unknown in the nineteenth century for book reviews to be 30,000 words long?These are just a few of the fascinating facts to be found in this absorbing history of literary criticism. From the Ancient Greek period to the present day, we learn about critics' lives, the times in which they lived and how the same problems of interpretation and valuation persist through the ages. In this lively and engaging book, Gary Day questions whether the 'theory wars' of recent years have lost sight of the actual literature, and makes surprising connections between criticism and a range of subjects, including the rise of money.General readers will appreciate this informative, intriguing and often provocative