The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, Vol. 4

出版者:Cambridge University Press

作者:Nisbet, H. B.; Rawson, Claude;

页数:970

出版时间:2005-12-26

价格:USD 62.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780521317207

图书标签:Cambridge西方文学批评&理论批评史十八世纪LitararyCriticismHistory文学批评

This is a comprehensive account of the history of literary criticism in Britain and Europe between 1660 and 1800. Unlike previous histories, it is not just a chronological survey of critical writing, but a multidisciplinary investigation of how the understanding of literature and its various genres was transformed, at the start of the modern era, by developments in philosophy, psychology, the natural sciences, linguistics, and other disciplines, as well as in society at large. In the process, modern literary theory - at first often implicit in literary texts themselves - emancipated itself from classical poetics and rhetoric, and literary criticism emerged as a full-time professional activity catering for an expanding literate public. The volume is international both in coverage and in authorship. Extensive bibliographies provide guidance for further specialised study.