IS LITERARY HISTORY POSSIBLE? by David Perkins ( 9780801847158 )

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IS LITERARY HISTORY POSSIBLE?

By:

David Perkins

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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 August, 1993

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208

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This text is a study of the thinking which underlies recent theory about literary history. Through analysis of particular literary histories - most of them contemporary works - Perkins elaborates on fundamental problems that arise in the writing of literary history.

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Is Literary History Possible? is a landmark study of the thinking underlying recent theory about literary history. Through analysis of particular literary histories -- most of them contemporary works -- Perkins elaborates on two fundamental problems that arise in the writing of literary history: the contradictions inherent in organizing, structuring, and presenting the subject; and the "always unsuccessful" attempt of literary histories to explain the development of the literature they describe.

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