Modern Language, Philosophy and Criticism

“A spirited, polemical, and informative survey of the practice and philosophy of literary criticism, charting its historical roots and intellectual underpinnings and laying out an intriguing trajectory for the way forward.” ─Peter Lamarque, Professor of Philosophy, University of York, UK “With a gra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deakin, Wayne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: What is Literary Criticism?
  • Chapter 2: A brief (but timely) History of Literary Criticism
  • Chapter 3: The Philosophical self-consciousness of the New Criticism and Formalism
  • Chapter 4: Structuralism, Semiotics and Ordinary Language Doubts
  • Chapter 5: Linguistic Twists, Turns and Dovetails in the Modern Humanities
  • Chapter 6: Literary Méditations Hégéliennes
  • Chapter 7: Whither Postmodernism? Whether it’s New Liberalism?
  • Chapter 8: Phronesis in Literary Criticism—the Pragmatic Denouement
  • Chapter 9: In Through the Outdoor