Literary criticism from Plato to postmodernism: the humanistic alternative
This book offers a history of literary criticism from Plato to the present, arguing that this history can best be seen as a dialogue among three traditions - the Platonic, Neoplatonic, and the humanistic, originated by Aristotle. There are many histories of literary criticism, but this is the first to clarify our understanding of the many seemingly incommensurable approaches employed over the centuries by reference to the three traditions. Making its case by careful analyses of individual criti…
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- Full title :Literary criticism from Plato to postmodernism : the humanistic alternative / James Seaton, Michigan State University
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This book offers a history of literary criticism from Plato to the present, arguing that this history can best be seen as a dialogue among three traditions - the Platonic, Neoplatonic, and the humanistic, originated by Aristotle. There are many histories of literary criticism, but this is the first to clarify our understanding of the many seemingly incommensurable approaches employed over the centuries by reference to the three traditions. Making its case by careful analyses of individual critics, the book argues for the relevance of the humanistic tradition in the twenty-first century and beyond"
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- Publication Date:2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 225 pages ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781107026100, 1107026105
- oclc:ocn900353672
- LC Classification:PN86
- Dewey Decimal:801.95
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Plato and neoplatonism; 2. Romanticism and modernism; 3. Theory and cultural studies; 4. Aristotle and the humanistic tradition; 5. Edmund Wilson and Lionel Trilling; 6. Democracy, popular culture, and Ralph Ellison; 7. Literary criticism, the humanities, and liberal education
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