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Literary criticism from Plato to postmodernism : the humanistic alternative / James Seaton

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Unites States of America : Cambridge University Press, c2014Description: x, 225 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781107026100
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN 86 .S43 2014
Contents:
Chapter1. Plato and neoplatonism -- Chapter2. Romanticism and modernism -- Chapter3. Theory and cultural studies -- Chapter4. Aristotle and the humanistic tradition -- Chapter5. Edmund Wilson and Lionel Trilling -- Chapter6. Democracy, popular culture, and Ralph Ellison -- Chapter7. Literary criticism, the humanities, and liberal education.
Summary: This book offers a history of literary criticism from Plato to the present, arguing that this history can best be seen as a dialogue among three traditions - the Platonic, Neoplatonic, and the humanistic, originated by Aristotle.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex General Circulation Elementary Education GC PN 86 .S43 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000010692

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter1. Plato and neoplatonism -- Chapter2. Romanticism and modernism -- Chapter3. Theory and cultural studies -- Chapter4. Aristotle and the humanistic tradition -- Chapter5. Edmund Wilson and Lionel Trilling -- Chapter6. Democracy, popular culture, and Ralph Ellison -- Chapter7. Literary criticism, the humanities, and liberal education.

This book offers a history of literary criticism from Plato to the present, arguing that this history can best be seen as a dialogue among three traditions - the Platonic, Neoplatonic, and the humanistic, originated by Aristotle.

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