A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the PresentThis comprehensive guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day provides an authoritative overview of the major movements, figures, and texts of literary criticism, as well as surveying their cultural, historical, and philosophical contexts.
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... economic, and psychological. Part of the purpose of this book, then, is to place modern literary theory within a historically broader context, to view it from a perspective that might evince its connections and lines of origin, descent ...
... economic, and psychological. Part of the purpose of this book, then, is to place modern literary theory within a historically broader context, to view it from a perspective that might evince its connections and lines of origin, descent ...
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... economic and political implications: if we define our “man” as rational, as political, as moral, and as free, it will seem natural to us that he should partake in the political process. The woman, whom we define as lacking these ...
... economic and political implications: if we define our “man” as rational, as political, as moral, and as free, it will seem natural to us that he should partake in the political process. The woman, whom we define as lacking these ...
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... economic power but also the instruments of culture and the prevailing ideas and concepts, especially language itself. It could be argued that it is ultimately through control of language, through control of the ideas and possible ...
... economic power but also the instruments of culture and the prevailing ideas and concepts, especially language itself. It could be argued that it is ultimately through control of language, through control of the ideas and possible ...
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Contents
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From Plato to the Present Part III Greek and Latin Criticism During the Roman Empire | 103 |
From Plato to the Present Part IV The Medieval Era | 149 |
From Plato to the Present Part V The Early Modern Period to the Enlightenment | 227 |
From Plato to the Present Part VI The Earlier Nineteenth Century and Romanticism | 347 |
From Plato to the Present Part VII The Later Nineteenth Century | 467 |
From Plato to the Present Part VIII The Twentieth Century | 555 |
From Plato to the Present Epilogue | 772 |
From Plato to the Present Selective Bibliography | 777 |
From Plato to the Present Index | 791 |
Other editions - View all
A History of Literary Criticism and Theory: From Plato to the Present M. A. R. Habib No preview available - 2005 |
A History of Literary Criticism and Theory: From Plato to the Present M. A. R. Habib No preview available - 2008 |
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