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Contributor(s): Day, Gary (Author)
ISBN: 0415182220     ISBN-13: 9780415182225
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $94.95  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2001
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Annotation: This exciting new account traces the phenomenon of class from the medieval to the postmodern period, examining its relevance to literary and cultural analysis today. Drawing on historical, sociological and literary writings, Gary Day gives an account of class at different historical moments; shows the role of class in literary constructions of the social; examines the complex relations between "class" and "culture"; focuses attention on the role of class in constructions of "the literary" and "the canon"; employs a revived and revised notion of class to critique recent theoretical movements.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
Dewey: 801.95
LCCN: 00065296
Series: New Critical Idiom (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.28" W x 8.08" (0.71 lbs) 254 pages
 
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This book traces the phenomenon of class from the medieval to the postmodern period, uniquely examining its relevance to literary and cultural analysis. Drawing on historical, sociological and literary writings, Gary Day:
* gives an account of class at different historical moments
* shows the role of class in literary constructions of the social
* examines the complex relations between 'class' and 'culture'
* focuses attention on the role of class in constructions of 'the literary' and 'the canon'
* employs a revived and revised notion of class to critique recent theoretical movements.