The Question of Literature: The Place of the Literary in Contemporary TheoryElizabeth Beaumont Bissell Brings together essays by a number of distinguished theorists and academics on the changing cultural significance of literature. |
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... claims based not simply on what texts claim but on how they go about engaging readers in their concerns . Theorists may ultimately decide that it is counter - productive to grant texts the arrogance to claim that ' all the rest is ...
... claims based not simply on what texts claim but on how they go about engaging readers in their concerns . Theorists may ultimately decide that it is counter - productive to grant texts the arrogance to claim that ' all the rest is ...
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... claims because we have to act in a world where accurate information is crucial , where laws of all kinds need to be honoured , and where society needs shareable principles for assess- ing actions and agendas . But these claims take ...
... claims because we have to act in a world where accurate information is crucial , where laws of all kinds need to be honoured , and where society needs shareable principles for assess- ing actions and agendas . But these claims take ...
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... claims to legitimation . New Criticism , for instance , drew on both of them , which may be one reason for its relative durability . In both claims to legitimacy institutional values seem to determine what is taken as literary force ...
... claims to legitimation . New Criticism , for instance , drew on both of them , which may be one reason for its relative durability . In both claims to legitimacy institutional values seem to determine what is taken as literary force ...
Contents
Introduction Elizabeth Beaumont Bissell | 1 |
difference as definition Charles Altieri | 19 |
questions of literature David Carroll | 66 |
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