The Theory of Criticsm: From Plato to the Present: A Reader

Ed. Raman Selden

ISBN 10: 0582003288 / ISBN 13: 9780582003286

Published by Routledge, 1988

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Pearson Education Ltd.; 1988. First education. Paperback. New.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Theory of Criticsm: From Plato to the Present: A Reader
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0582003288
• ISBN 13: 9780582003286
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature, Poetry and Criticism

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Synopsis

This book is divided into five parts and covers: representation; subjectivity; form, structure and system; history and society; morality, class and ideology. Each part contains several thematic sections in which extracts from different writers and periods are juxtaposed. The study of literary theory has tended to concentrate on very recent developments. This volume, however, establishes both a sense of the continuities from Plato to the present day as well as the discontinuities. These are presented through comparisons and contrasts across the entire field of critical history.

About the Author

Raman Selden