The myth of theory

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The myth of theory

William Righter

Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明・目次

内容説明

What is critical theory, and to what extent can it claim to exist as a free-standing entity independent of the object of enquiry? Is the much-discussed gulf between Anglo-Saxon empiricism and Continental post-structuralism more apparent than real? In The Myth of Theory William Righter explores the nature of thinking about literature and the assumed polarities between the abstract reasonings of philosophy and the concrete exploratory manoeuvres of critical practice. He goes on to examine the role of theory in critical observation, through extended case studies of the work of critics including Barthes. Bloom, Poulet, Eliot, Empson, Kristeva and Derrida. His underlying argument is that criticism uses theory but is never effectively directed or controlled by it: the inherent radicalism built into critical practice fragments and transforms general concepts in the act of applying them.

目次

  • 1. From chaos to case
  • 2. The bizarre territory
  • 3. The curve of the mirror
  • 4. From 'so complex an irony' to 'such a textual logic'
  • 5. From 'wit' to 'astonishment'
  • 6. 'Fool' and 'pharmakon'
  • 7. 'The monstrous clarity'
  • 8. From 'ensemble' to 'exception'
  • 9. Pagan perspectives
  • 10. The Tao of criticism.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA88624219
  • ISBN
    • 9780521100410
  • LCCN
    93030388
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cambridge [England]
  • ページ数/冊数
    x, 224 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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