Critical theory and the literary canon / E. Dean Kolbas.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Kolbas, E. Dean.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism--History--20th century.

Criticism.

History.

Canon (Literature).

Literature, Modern--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature, Modern.

Physical Description:

vii, 182 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.

Summary:

Kolbas stakes out new territory assessing the war over literary canon formation, a subject that contemporary polemicists have devoted much ink to. Kolbas ranges through the sociology and politics of culture, aesthetic theory, and literary theory to develop his point that texts not only should be situated in the historical and material conditions of their production, but also evaluated for their very real aesthetic content. According to Kolbas, the canon is not simply enclosed in the ivory tower of academia -- its effects are apparent in a much wider field of cultural production and use. His vision is a socio-logical one, but one that treats the components of the canon as possessing objective aesthetic content, albeit content that shifts in meaning over history.

Notes:

Revision of the the author's thesis (doctoral)--Cambridge University.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-178) and index.

ISBN:

0813398134

OCLC:

45364081