Theory and tradition in eighteenth-century studies / edited by Richard B. Schwartz. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schwartz, Richard B.

National Endowment for the Humanities.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--18th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc--Congresses.

English literature.

Literature and history--Great Britain--History--18th century--Congresses.

Literature and history.

English literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc--Congresses--18th century--Great Britain.

Literature and history--Congresses--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 193 p. )

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1990.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Literature or Metaliterature?: Thoughts on Traditional Literary Study/Donald Greene

Doing without Theory: A Defense of Cultural History/Morris R. Brownell

Johnson's Voluntary Agents/Richard B. Schwartz

Historical Criticism, Hypotheses, and Eighteenth-Century Studies: The Case for Induction and Neutral Knowledge/Howard D. Weinbrot

The Discourses of Criticism and the Discourses of History in the Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century/Maximillian Novak

The Novel and the Contexts of Discourse/J. Paul Hunter

Scholarly Texts: An Unapologetic Defense/John H. Middendorf

Reading Eighteenth-Century Plays/Shirley Strum Kenny

Causes and Consequences in Historical Scholarship/Gwin J. Kolb.

Notes:

Papers presented to a NEH-sponsored conference held at Georgetown University on April 1-3, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-585-18649-9