Versions of the Past

Lars Ole (Professor of Litera Sauerberg

ISBN 10: 033356474X / ISBN 13: 9780333564745

Published by Springer Nature B.V., 1996

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - With the canon debate, prominent in literary criticism since the early 1970s, as the sounding board, the study aims at investigating and discussing in critical perspective the function of considerations to do with canon for literary criticism at the formation stage. It focuses on the interaction between a critic's canonical preferences ('versions of the past') and his desire for improved cultural and/or aesthetic conditions ('visions of the future') in the criticism of Eliot, Leavis, Frye and Bloom.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Versions of the Past
• Publisher: Springer Nature B.V.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033356474X
• ISBN 13: 9780333564745
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 18D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 440 grams

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Synopsis

With the canon debate, prominent in literary criticism since the early 1970s, as the sounding board, the study aims at investigating and discussing in critical perspective the function of considerations to do with canon for literary criticism at the formation stage. It focuses on the interaction between a critic's canonical preferences ('versions of the past') and his desire for improved cultural and/or aesthetic conditions ('visions of the future') in the criticism of Eliot, Leavis, Frye and Bloom.