Literature in the Modern World: Impact of Modernism (Course A319)
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (578 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0749210362 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Myers, Texas A&M University"An excellent selection of materials."--Volek Emil, Arizona State University"A very useful text."--Gregory W. A good text for introductory courses at either the undergraduate or graduate level."--Steven Rendall, University of Oregon"Fills a need that has long been felt by teachers of courses in criticism and theory: an introductory selection of readings in, and a clear schematization of, the key debates in the discipline at present."--D.G. Bredbeck, University of California, Riverside. "A useful collection of critical essays about the study of modern literature in English."--Virginia Quarterly Review"An intelligent and useful sampling of re
This book offers a unique combination of English, European, feminist and "new writing" or "Commonwealth" perspectives upon literary studies from the 1920s to the 1980s. The book provides both an informed critical awareness of the debates likely to dominate discussions of literature in the 1990s as well as a major contribution to these debates.. The more abstract and abstruse/contemporary critics are eschewed in favour of extracts of sufficient length, force and clarity to offer relative newcomers the opportunity of engaging with a wide range of current issues. This approach derives from a perceived change in what constitutes "English Literature" in a period of British imperial decline and the rise of a radical, questioning/critical and literary practice at home and abroad. It includes the views of leading critics and theorists such as Marilyn Butler, Frank Kermode, Helene Cixous and Edward Said, as well as the originating voices of Wole Soyinka, Toni Morrison, Seamus Heaney and Virginia Woolf, and focuses
. Dennis Walder, Senior Lecturer in Literature, Open University
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