| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 242 pages) |
| Series |
Linguistic approaches to literature, 1569-3112 ; v. 4 |
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Linguistic approaches to literature ; v. 4. 1569-3112
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| Contents |
The Quality of Literature; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; The evaluation of literary texts; Textual and generic comparisons; Canon formation; Why Hugh Maccoll is not, and will never be, part of any literary canon; Popular / Canonical; Literary evaluation and poetic form; Poetic value; T̀̀oo soon transplanted''; Evaluation and stylistic analysis; The value of Juvenal; Theoretical reflections; Some correlates of literary eminence; Macbeth through the computer; How scientific can literary evaluation be? |
| Summary |
Evaluation is central to literary studies and has led to an impressive list of publications on the status and history of the canon. Yet it is remarkable how little attention has been given to the role of textual properties in evaluative processes. Most of the chapters in The Quality of Literature redress this issue by dealing with texts or genres ranging from classical antiquity, via Renaissance to twentieth century. They provide a rich textual and historical panorama of how critical debate over literary quality has influenced our modes of thinking and feeling about literature, and how they c |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Criticism
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Literature -- History and criticism
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Discourse analysis, Literary
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criticism.
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literary criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory.
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Criticism
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Discourse analysis, Literary
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Literature
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Literaturtheorie
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Textlinguistik
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Kritik
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Textanalyse
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Literarische Wertung.
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Textanalyse.
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Textlinguistik.
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Literatur.
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Literaturkritik.
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Linguistics and literature.
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Literary evaluation.
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Évaluation
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Littérature
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2500 av. J.-C.-20e siècle
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Critique littéraire
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Antiquité
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Théorie littéraire
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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[Études diverses]
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Peer, Willie van.
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| LC no. |
2007047268 |
| ISBN |
9789027291516 |
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9027291519 |
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9789027233363 |
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9027233365 |
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1282152173 |
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9781282152175 |
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