| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 344 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Polemical Introduction -- 1. Greeks and Romans -- 2. Medieval Criticism -- 3. English Renaissance Criticism -- 4. English Enlightenment and Early Romantic Criticism -- 5. English Romantic, Moral and Aesthetic Criticism -- 6. Institutionalising English Criticism: Men of Letters, Modernism, Tradition and Theory -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
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 account of the history of literary criticism, students will value the clear way in which it puts criticism into context and academics will enjoy getting to grips with this challenge to the prevailing view about the nature of current theory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-334) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Criticism -- History
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Criticism
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0748628525 |
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9780748628520 |
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1281785687 |
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9781281785688 |
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0748652094 |
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9780748652099 |
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9786611785680 |
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661178568X |
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