Literary criticism from Plato to the present : an introduction / M.A.R. Habib.
Material type: TextPublication details: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 298 pages)Content type:- text
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- online resource
- 9781444328004
- 144432800X
- 9781444328011
- 1444328018
- 9781444351569
- 1444351567
- 801/.9509 22
- PN86 .H23 2011eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Classical literary criticism -- The traditions of rhetoric -- Greek and Latin criticism during the Roman Empire -- The early middle ages -- The later middle ages -- The early modern period -- Neoclassical literary criticism -- The enlightenment -- The aesthetics of Kant and Hegel -- Romanticism -- Realism, naturalism, sybolism, and aestheticism -- The heterological thinkers -- From liberal humanism to formalism -- Socially conscious criticism of the earlier twentieth century -- Phenomenology, existentialism, structuralism -- The era of poststructuralism (I) : later Marxism, psychoanalysis, deconstruction -- The era of poststructuralism (II) : postmodernism, modern feminism, gender studies -- The later twentieth century : new historicism, reader-response theory, postcolonial criticism, cultural studies.
"Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present presents a concise and authoritative overview of the development of Western literary criticism and theory. Encapsulates the major movements, figures, and texts of literary criticism; Provides historical context and shows the interconnections between various theories; An ideal text for all students of literature and criticism"--Provided by publisher.
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