Raman Selden

The Theory of Criticism

From Plato to the Present: A Reader

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is divided into five parts and covers: - representation - subjectivity - form, struclture and system - history and society - moralaity, class and idealogy. Each part contains several thematic sections in which extracts from different writers and periods are juxtaposed. The study of literary theory has tended to concentrate on very recent developments. This volume, however, establishes both a sense of the continuities from Plato to the present day as well as the discontinuities. These are presented through comparisons and contrasts across the entire field of critical history. /With introductions and reading lists for each section lthis book will serve a number of purposes. Ideal for abny student needing tot possess an historical perspective on critical theory, it is also a valuable source book for students, scholars and critics who wish to familiarise or refamiliarise themsleves with aspects of theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 1988
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 731g
• ISBN-13: 9780582003286
• ISBN-10: 0582003288
• Artikelnr.: 24826130

Autorenporträt

Raman Selden

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 - Representation 1.
Imaginative Representation 2. Mimesis and Realism 3. Nature and Truth 4.
Language and Representation Part II - Subjectivity 1. Wit Judgement, Fancy
and Imagination 2. Genius, Nature vs Art 3. Emotive Theories 4 Subjective
criticism and the reader's reponse 5. Unconscious Processes Part III -
Form, System and Structure 1. The Aesthetic Dimension 2. Unity and
Literariness 3. Ambiguity and Polysemy 4. Impersonality and the 'death' of
the author 5. Rhetoric - Style and point of view 6. Structuree and system
7. Structure and Indeterminacy Part IV - History and Society 1. Tradition
and Intertextuality 2. History 3. Literature and 'life' 4. Class and Gender
Index