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The Theory of Criticism Raman Selden

The Theory of Criticism By Raman Selden

The Theory of Criticism by Raman Selden


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An anthology of extracts of literary criticism and theory designed to aid readers' understanding of the subject. This survey of critical theory shows both the continuities and discontinuities from Plato up to the present through comparisons and contrasts across the field of critical history.

The Theory of Criticism Summary

The Theory of Criticism: From Plato to the Present: A Reader by Raman Selden

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.

The Theory of Criticism Reviews

If you seek a reader for the history of ideas...then Professor Selden's book is perfect. Modern Language Review ...an impressive feat of scholarship. Times Literary Supplement

Table of Contents

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

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GOR001320457
9780582003286
0582003288
The Theory of Criticism: From Plato to the Present: A Reader by Raman Selden
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19880905
576
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