Defending the Intellectual Life in Early Modern to Postmodern Times [electronic resource] : An Anthology of Literary Apologies

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeMarco, Kathleen Ann.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism.

English literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Intellectual life--History.

English literature.

Intellectual life.

Local Subjects:

Criticism.

English literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Intellectual life--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Defending the Intellectual Life in Early Modern to Postmodern Times

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book analyzes various writings by poets and cultural critics on the topic of being an intellectual. Figures like Pope, Sidney, Milton, Eliot, and even contemporaries like Christopher Hitchens are covered. The first few deal with what poetry is, and the latter more up to date essays try to explain intellectual life in modern times. Present-day readers might find some of these defenses to be obscure, but this book breaks down what critics meant even during the Early Modern Period, and the Renaissance.British writers from Sir Philip Sidney to Christopher Hitchens use defenses of literature to

Contents:

DEFENDING THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE IN EARLY MODERN TO POST MODERN TIMES: An Anthology of Literary Apologies; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Abstract; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One - Defenses in The Early Modern Period; Chapter Two - Defenses in the Neoclassical Period; Chapter Three - Defenses in the Romantic Period; Chapter Four - Defenses in the Victorian Period; Chapter Five - Defenses in the Modern Period; Chapter Six - Defenses in the Postmodern Period; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7734-1804-0

OCLC:

831120849