The new criticism : formalist literary theory in America / edited by Alfred J. Drake, Rick Armstrong and Shep Steiner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Drake, Alfred J., editor.

Armstrong, Rick, editor.

Steiner, Shep, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Criticism--United States.

New Criticism.

Literature--History and criticism--Research.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume covers a variety of authors and topics related to the New Criticism school of the 1920s-1950s in America. Contributors trace the history of the New Criticism as a movement, consider theoretical and practical aspects of various proponents, and assess the record of subsequent engagement with its tenets. The volume will prove valuable for its renewed concentration not only on the New Critics themselves, but also on the way they and their work have been contextualized, criticized, and...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PERMISSIONS; INTRODUCTION; SECTION I; SOME PARADOXES OF NEW CRITICISM; ELUCIDATING THE PLEASURES OF THE TEXT; IN DEFENSE OF CLOSE READING; SECTION II; AD TEXTUM, AD HOMINEM; THE NEW CRITICISM AND SOUTHERNNESS; FRENCH NEW CRITICISMAND ANGLO-AMERICAN NEW CRITICISMS; ANEW READING OF CLEMENT GREENBERG'SMODERNISM C. 1950-1960; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 13, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6334-3

OCLC:

883570762