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Author Dekkers, Odin, author.

Title J.M. Robertson : rationalist and literary critic / Odin Dekkers
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018

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Series Routledge revivals
Routledge revivals.
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.
SUBJECT Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon), 1856-1933 fast
Subject Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Criticism
Literature -- Theory, etc.
Great Britain
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429836602
0429836600