Theoretical Issues in Literary History. (HARVARD ENGLISH STUDIES, Band 16)

Perkins, David (ed.):

ISBN 10: 0674879139 / ISBN 13: 9780674879133

Published by Harvard University Press. 21.08.1991., 1991

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VI, 303 Seiten / p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Literary history, the dominant form of literary scholarship throughout the nineteenth century, is currently recapturing the imaginations of a new generation of scholars eager to focus on the context of literature after a half-century or more of close readings of isolated texts. This new book represents current thinking on some of the theoretical issues and dilemmas in the conception and writing of literary history, expressed by a group of scholars from North America, Europe and Australia. They consider afresh a broad range of topics: the role of literary history in new societies, the problem of finding a starting point for literary history, the problem of literary classification, problems of ideology, of institutional mediation, periodization, and the attack on literary history. -- Contents -- Introduction: The State of the Discussion by David Perkins -- Problems of Origin in Modern Literary History by Ernst Behler -- Paul de Man, Modernist by Ronald Bush -- Aristotle and the History of Tragedy by Paul A. Cantor -- Genre Theory, Literary History, and Historical Change by Ralph Cohen The Two Histories by Alastair Fowler -- Postmodernism and Literary History by John Frow -- Understanding Alterity: Ausländerliteratur" between Relativism and Universalism by Ülker Gökberk -- Transmission Failure by Jon Klancher -- History, Herstory, Theirstory, Ourstory by Jerome McGann -- Caliban and His Precursors: The Politics of Literary History and the Third -- World by Michael Valdez Moses -- Measure and Countermeasure: The Lovejoy-Wellek Debate and Romantic Periodization by Mark Parker -- Literary Classifications: How Have They Been Made? by David Perkins Antihistoricism in Benedetto Croce and I. A. Richards by John Paul Russo. ISBN 9780674879133 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 374 13,7 x 2,5 x 20,9 cm, Broschiert.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Theoretical Issues in Literary History. (HARVARD ENGLISH STUDIES, Band 16)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press. 21.08.1991.
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674879139
• ISBN 13: 9780674879133
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 374 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literaturwissenschaft

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Synopsis

Literary history, the dominant form of literary scholarship throughout the nineteenth century, is currently recapturing the imaginations of a new generation of scholars eager to focus on the context of literature after a half-century or more of “close” readings of isolated texts. This book represents current thinking on some of the theoretical issues and dilemmas in the conception and writing of literary history, expressed by a group of scholars from North America, Europe, and Australia. They consider afresh a broad range of topics: the role of literary history in “new” societies, the problem of finding a starting point for literary history, the problem of literary classification, problems of ideology, of institutional mediation, periodization, and the attack on literary history.

About the Author

David Perkins is John P. Marquand Professor of English Literature, Harvard University.