The biography of "The idea of literature" from antiquity to the Baroque

Author(s)

• Marino, Adrian

Bibliographic Information

The biography of "The idea of literature" from antiquity to the Baroque

Adrian Marino ; translated from Romanian by Virgil Stanciu and Charles M. Carlton

（SUNY series, the margins of literature）

State University of New York Press, c1996

• hardcover
• pbk.

Other Title

Biografia ideii de literatura︣

Uniform Title

Biografia ideii de literatura︣

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-315) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The "idea of literature" is the very kernel of every literary study; however, this is the first survey of the historical development of this idea. Its purpose is to refute the belief, particularly prevalent in French criticism, that the "idea of literature" only appeared in the eighteenth century, and that it was perceived strictly as an art.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Preface I. Antiquity First Definitions Written Literature Oral Literature Sacred Literature Profane Literature Literary Culture Grammar and Culture Vocation for Totality The Book The Library The Beginning of Bibliography The Encyclopedia "Liberal Art" "Human Letters" "Good Letters" The Coordinates of Culture New Versus Old Letters National Versus Universal Letters The Beginning of Estheticizing "Beautiful Letters" Literary Versus Poetic Specificity Autonomy and Heteronomy Hierarchy in Literature The School of Literature Letters "Spawn" Literature Critical Literature Denying Literature Conclusions II. The Middle Ages Sacred Letters Profane Letters Written Literature Oral Literature The Culture of Letters Grammar and Culture The Totality of Letters The Book The Library The Bibliography The Encyclopedia Diversification of Profane Letters "Liberal Letters" "Human Letters" "Good Letters" The Coordinates of Letters New Versus Old Letters National Versus Universal Letters Popular Letters Estheticizing Letters "Beautiful Letters" Literature and Poetry Poetic Literature Literariness: Sacred Versus Profane The Beginning of Autonomy The Heteronomy of Letters Hierarchy in Literature The School of Literature The Study of Literature Literary Composition Literature on Literature Critical Literature Denying Literature Conclusions III. The Renaissance and Humanism Letters Are Humanized and Spiritualized "Human Letters" "Liberal Letters" "Good Letters" Profane Letters Written Literature Oral Literature Sacred Letters The Culture of Letters Grammar and Culture The Totality of Literature Encyclopedic Knowledge Letters and Print The Book of Literature The Literature Library The Beginning of Bibliography The Coordinates of Letters New Versus Old Letters National Versus Universal Letters Popular Letters Estheticizing Letters "Beautiful Letters" Beautiful Literature Literature or Poetry? Literary Art Literary Versus Poetic Specificity The Autonomy of Literature: Progress The Heteronomy of Literature "The Republic of Letters" Society Economy Ideology Hierarchy in Literature The School of Literature The Study of Literature Literature with Literature Literature on Literature Critical Literature Denying Literature Conclusions IV. Classicism and the Baroque Traditional Definitions Grammar and Culture Written Literature Oral Literature Sacred Literature Profane Literature Organizing Letters The Totality of Letters The Book The Library The Bibliography The Encyclopedia The Classicization of Traditional Definitions "Human Letters" "Liberal Letters" "Good Letters" The Coordinates of Letters Ancient Versus Modem Letters National Versus World Literature Popular Letters Estheticizing Letters "Beautiful Letters" Beautiful Literature Literature or Poetry? Poetic Literature Literary Art Literary Versus Poetic Specificity The Autonomy of Literature The Heteronomy of Literature "The Republic of Letters" Society Economy Ideology Hierarchy in Literature The School of Literature Literature with Literature Literature on Literature Critical Literature Denying Literature Conclusions Notes Name Index Thematic Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA48979117
• ISBN:
  • 0791428931
  • 079142894X
• LCCN: 95020022
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: rom
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 336 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PN81
  • DC20 : 801/.95/09
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Criticism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA13105479