Literature / Peter Widdowson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Widdowson, Peter, author.

Widdowson P Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

New critical idiom.

New Critical Idiom

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This introductory volume provides an overview of the history of Literature as a cultural concept, and reflects on the contemporary nature, place and function of what the literary might mean for us today. Literature: * offers a concise history of the canonic concept of 'literature' from its earliest origins * illustrates the kinds of theoretical issues which are currently invoked by the term 'literary' * provides a definition of the 'literary' for the twenty-first century With Literature Peter Widdowson provides a thought-provoking essay on the contemporary.

Contents:

Cover; LITERATURE; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 WHAT IS 'LITERATURE'?: Some (non-) definitions; 2 WHAT HAS 'LITERATURE' BEEN?: A History of the Concept, Part One: Origins to Orthodoxies; 3 WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO 'LITERATURE'?: A History of the Concept, Part Two: After the 1960's; 4 WHAT IS 'THE LITERARY'?; 5 THE USES OF 'THE LITERARY': News stories; 6 WATCH THIS SPACE; NOTES; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-134-70164-0

99909-999-2-9

0-203-16943-3

1-280-19502-9

0-585-46042-6

1-134-70165-9

9780203169438

OCLC:

437073861