THEORETICAL ISSUES IN LITERARY HISTORY by David Perkins ( 9780674879133 )

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THEORETICAL ISSUES IN LITERARY HISTORY

By:

David Perkins

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0674879139

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Publisher:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 August, 1991

Series:

English Studies 16

Pages:

320

Description:

Presents current thinking on some of the theoretical issues and dilemmas in the conception and writing of literary history, by scholars from Europe, Australia and North America. Topics covered include the role of literary history in "new" societies and the problem of literary classification.

Synopsis:

Literary history, the dominant form of literary scholarship throughout the 19th century, is currently recapturing the imaginations of a new generation of scholars eager to focus on the context of literature after a half-century or more of "close" readings of isolated texts. This book represents current thinking on some of the theoretical issues and dilemmas in the conception and writing of literary history, expressed by a group of scholars from North America, Europe and Australia. They consider afresh a broad range of topics: the role of literary history in "new" societies, the problem of finding a starting point for literary history, the problem of literary classification, problems of ideology, of institutional mediation, periodization, and the attack on literary history.

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