Comparative Criticism: Volume 2, Text and Reader: A Yearbook (Comparative Criticism, Series Number 2)

ISBN 10: 0521227569 / ISBN 13: 9780521227568

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1980

About this Item

A yearbook sponsored by the British Comparative Literature Association asserting that comparative literary studies represent a major direction forwards. Editor(s): Shaffer, Elinor S. Series: Comparative Criticism. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 679. . 1980. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comparative Criticism: Volume 2, Text and Reader: A Yearbook (Comparative Criticism, Series Number 2)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521227569
• ISBN 13: 9780521227568
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This is a yearbook sponsored by the British Comparative Literature Association in the belief that, when English studies are being redefined, comparative literary studies represent a major direction forwards. The yearbook addresses itself to questions of literary theory and criticism; to comparative studies in terms of theme, genre, movement and influence; and to interdisciplinary topics. It includes translations of literary, scholarly and critical works; substantial reviews of major books and tendencies in the field; and the first bibliographies of comparative literature in Britain. Volume 2 is concerned with the relationship between the text and its reader, a topic of particular interest in current criticism. Some of the major theorists and critics in the field are represented: Mikhail Bakhtin, the Russian theorist whose important work, already influential in France, has only begun to be translated into English in recent years; and the contemporary critics, Wolfgang Iser and John Preston, who have led the way in the exploration of the 'aesthetics of reception' in the English novel.

Book Description

This is a yearbook sponsored by the British Comparative Literature Association in the belief that at the present time, when English studies are being redefined, comparative literary studies represent a major direction forwards. The yearbook addresses itself to questions of literary theory and criticism; to comparative studies in terms of theme, genre, movement and influence; and to interdisciplinary topics.