Theoretical issues in literary history
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Theoretical issues in literary history
（Harvard English studies, 16）
Harvard University Press, 1991
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ISBN 9780674879126
Description
Literary history, the dominant form of literary scholarship throughout the 19th 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.
Table of Contents
- Problems of origin in modern literary history, Ernst Behler
- Paul de Man, modernist, Ronald Bush
- Aristotle and the history of tragedy, Paul A. Cantor
- genre theory, literary history and historical change, Ralph Cohen
- the two histories, Alastair Fowler
- postmodernism and literary history, John Frow
- understanding alterity - "Auslanderliteratur" between relativism and universalism, Ulker Gokberk
- transmission failure, Jon Klancher
- history, herstory, theirstory, ourstory, Jerome McGann
- Caliban and his precursors - the politics of literary history and the Third World, Michael Valdez Moses
- measure and countermeasure - the Lovejoy-Wellek debate and romantic periodization, Mark Parker
- literary classifications - how have they been made?, David Perkins
- antihistoricism in Benedetto Croce and I.A. Richards, John Paul Russo.
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: pbk ISBN 9780674879133
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction David Perkins Problems of Origin in Modern Literary History Ernst Behler Paul de Man, Modernist Ronald Bush Aristotle and the History of Tragedy Paul A. Cantor Genre Theory, Literary History, and Historical Change Ralph Cohen The Two Histories Alastair Fowler Postmodernism and Literary History John Frow Understanding Alterity: Auslanderliteratur between Relativism and Universalism Ulker Gokberk Transmission Failure Jon Klancher History, Herstory, Theirstory, Ourstory Jerome Mcgann Caliban and His Precursors: The Politics of Literary History and the Third World Michael Valdez Moses Measure and Countermeasure: The Lovejoy-Wellek Debate and Romantic Periodization Mark Parker Literary Classifications: How Have They Been Made? John Perkins Antihistoricism in Benedetto Croce and I. A. Richards John Paul Russo
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