American Literary Criticism from the Thirties to the Eighties / Vincent B. Leitch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leitch, Vincent B., 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism--United States--History--20th century.

Criticism.

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

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1988]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Provides a critical history of American literary theory and practice from the 1930's to the 1980's, discussing the impact of major schools and movements. Examines the social and cultural background to literary research, along with presenting the profiles of major figures and influential texts.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Marxist Criticism in the 1930s

2 The "New Criticism"

3 The Chicago School

4 The New York Intellectuals

5 Myth Criticism

6 Phenomenological and Existential Criticism

7 Hermeneutics

8 Reader-Response Criticism

9 Literary Structuralism and Semiotics

10 Deconstructive Criticism

11 Feminist Criticism

12 Black Aesthetics

13 Leftist Criticism from the 1960s to the 1980s

Afterword. Circumstances of History

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231877855

0231877854

OCLC:

1035751336