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The Autonomy of Literature
Richard Lansdown
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Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
In the aftermath of the theory wars, the imaginative, formal, and moral features of literature have been substantially marginalized, downgraded, and neglected. Yet for many readers such elements will always be central to the experience of reading, just as for writers they are central to the experience of writing. This provocative study argues that literature has an abundant life of its own, and reconsiders that life in the contexts provided by three influential contemporary groups of critics: some North American philosophers; some psychoanalysts; and some theorists of history.
In the aftermath of the theory wars, the imaginative, formal, and moral features of literature have been substantially marginalized, downgraded, and neglected. Yet for many readers such elements will always be central to the experience of reading, just as for writers they are central to the experience of writing. This provocative study argues that literature has an abundant life of its own, and reconsiders that life in the contexts provided by three influential contemporary groups of critics: some North American philosophers; some psychoanalysts; and some theorists of history.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
Number of Pages
265
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349424771
SKU
V9781349424771
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Reviews for The Autonomy of Literature
'It is ambitious, lucid, readable and takes on any number of big opponents. It's exciting, in a word.' 'a passionate and erudite piece of work, which grapples with issues of great importance.' - Professor John Sutherland