| The Theory of Criticism: From Plato to the Present: A Reader Contributor(s): Selden, Raman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0582003288 ISBN-13: 9780582003286 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 801.95 |
| LCCN: 87016889 |
| Series: Reader |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.46" W x 8.47" (1.47 lbs) 576 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is divided into five parts and covers: representation; subjectivity; form, structure and system; history and society; morality, class and ideology. 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. |