Description |
1 online resource |
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Routledge revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 The Life of J.M. Robertson; 2 Robertson and Nineteenth-Century Rationalism; Introduction; Part 1: British Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century; Part 2: Robertson as a Rationalist Thinker; 3 Robertson and Scientific Literary Criticism; Introduction; Part 1: Victorian Scientific Criticism; Part 2: Robertson as a Theorist of Scientific Literary Criticism; 4 Robertson on Drama, Fiction, and Poetry; Introduction; Part 1: Robertson on Drama; Part 2: Robertson on Fiction; Part 3: Robertson on Poetry; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Published in 1998, J.M. Robertson: Rationalist and Literary Critic is a study of the life of one of the most erudite and prolific critics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Scotsman John MacKinnon Robertson (1856-1933), rationalist and enemy of religion to the core, published over one hundred books and thousands of articles in fields as diverse as sociology, economics, history, anthropology, biblical criticism and literary criticism. This once widely known (and feared!) author was all too quickly forgotten after his death and his work is now seldom read. The aim of this book is to demonstrate that Robertson's writings and in particular his acute and powerful literary criticism - much respected by T.S. Eliot - have not lost their relevance for late twentieth century readers. Moreover, through the examinations of Robertson's work in its contextual framework, this study provides a wide-ranging perspective on the late-Victorian literary scene, which perhaps present-day literary historians have not given the detailed attention it deserves |
Notes |
Originally published 1998 by Ashgate Publishing |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 26, 2018) |
Subject |
Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon), 1856-1933.
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SUBJECT |
Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon), 1856-1933 fast |
Subject |
Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Criticism
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Literature -- Theory, etc.
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Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780429836602 |
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0429836600 |
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