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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452297203321

Autore

Rosmarin Adena

Titolo

The power of genre [[electronic resource] /] / Adena Rosmarin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1985

ISBN

0-8166-5568-5

0-8166-1396-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Disciplina

801/.951

Soggetti

Literary form

Poetics

Monologue

Lyric poetry - History and criticism

English poetry - 19th century - History and criticism

American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

English-speaking countries Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; A Theoretical Introduction; Chapter 1. Defining a Theory of Genre; Chapter 2. The Dramatic Monologue; Chapter 3. The Mask Lyric; Epilogue; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Power of Genre was first published in 1986. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The Power of Genre is a radical and systematic rethinking of the relationship between literary genre and critical explanation. Adene Rosmarin shows how traditional theories of genre-whether called ""historical,"" ""intrinsic,"" or ""theoretical""-are necessarily undone by their attempts to define genre representationally. Rather, Rosmarin argues, the opening