Genre Theory and Historical Change Theoretical Essays of Ralph Cohen / edited by John L. Rowlett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Ralph, 1917-2016, author.

Contributor:

Rowlett, John L., 1943- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism--History--20th century.

Criticism.

Literary form--History--20th century.

Literary form.

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

Literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2017.

Summary:

Here Cohen conceptualizes and develops a compelling, innovative theory of genre that promotes a systematic study of historical change, offering rewarding insights for twenty-first-century scholars.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Editor's Note

Introduction

LITERARY THEORY AS GENRE THEORY

On the Interrelations of Eighteenth- Century Literary Forms

The Origins of a Genre

Literary Theory as a Genre

The Joys and Sorrows of Literary Theory

History and Genre

Do Postmodern Genres Exist?

Reviewing Criticism

Materialities of Communication

Genre Theory, Literary History, and Historical Change

What Are Genres?

LITERARY CHANGE AS GENERIC HISTORY

Innovation and Variation

Historical Knowledge and Literary Understanding

Some Thoughts on the Problems of Literary Change 1750- 1800

Literary History and Literary Theory

A Propaedeutic for Literary Change

Generic History as New Literary History

The Generation of Conceptual Changes in Literary Study

Interpreting Interpretations

Renewing the Eighteenth Century

Generating Literary Histories

Bibliography of Ralph Cohen's Essays

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813940120

0813940125

OCLC:

1004378085