The Function of Criticism: From 'The Spectator' to Post-Structuralism.

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133 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Einband berieben, minimale Randläsuren, innen sauber / binding rubbed, minimal edge wear, clean inside. - This compact, wide-ranging book argues that criticism emerged in early bourgeois society as a central feature of a public sphere in which political, ethical and literary judgements could mingle under the benign rule of reason. The disintegration of this fragile culture brought on a crisis in criticism, whose history since the 18th century has been fraught with ambivalence and anxiety. Eagleton s account embraces Addison and Steele, Johnson and the 19th century reviewers, such critics as Arnold and Stephen, the heyday of Scrutiny and New Criticism, and finally the recent proliferation of avant-garde literary theories, especially deconstructionism. In a concluding section Eagleton teases out the fruitful elements of contemporary theory in order to establish whether a space exists for a feminist and radical criticism in a new counter-public sphere. The Function of Criticism is nothing less than a history and critique of the critical institution itself. Terry Eagleton s judgements on individual critics are sharp and illuminating, while his general argument raises crucial questions about the relations between language, literature and politics. ISBN 9780860917991 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 179. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1202891

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