03424nam 2200661Ia 450 991046209320332120200520144314.01-280-01070-397866135123521-57233-831-8(CKB)2670000000161652(EBL)878327(OCoLC)781725783(SSID)ssj0000637876(PQKBManifestationID)11432328(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000637876(PQKBWorkID)10685776(PQKB)10262182(MiAaPQ)EBC878327(MdBmJHUP)muse19680(Au-PeEL)EBL878327(CaPaEBR)ebr10554427(CaONFJC)MIL351235(EXLCZ)99267000000016165220110802d2011 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe limits of literary historicism[electronic resource] /edited by Allen Dunn and Thomas F. Haddox1st ed.Knoxville University of Tennessee Press20111 online resource (207 p.)Tennessee studies in literature ;v. 45Description based upon print version of record.1-57233-820-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: The enigma of critical distance; or, why historicists need convictions / Allen Dunn and Thomas F. Haddox -- Pt. 1. The limits of historicism -- the historicization of literary studies / Jane Gallop -- The children of New Historicism: literary scholarship, professionalization, and the will to publish / Rebecca Munson and Claude Willan -- Faithful historicism and philosophical semi-retirement / Amy J. Elias -- Pt. 2. Engagements with history -- Fiction as history: Chesnutt's The marrow of tradition as source material / Bruce Plourde -- Bayard Taylor and the limits of Orientalism / Christoph Irmscher -- The prehistory of posthistoricism / Jeffrey Insko -- Pt. 3. Alternatives to history modernism and the aesthetics of cultural studies / R. M. Berry -- Why modernist claims for autonomy matter / Charles M. Altieri. The Limits of Literary Historicism is a collection of essays arguing that historicism, which has come to dominate the professional study of literature in recent decades, has become ossified. By drawing attention to the limits of historicism-its blind spots, overreach, and reluctance to acknowledge its commitments-this provocative new book seeks a clearer understanding of what historicism can and cannot teach us about literary narrative. Editors Allen Dunn and Thomas F. Haddox have gathered contributions from leading scholars that challenge the dominance Tennessee studies in literature ;v. 45.CriticismLiteratureHistory and criticismTheory, etcNew HistoricismElectronic books.Criticism.LiteratureHistory and criticismTheory, etc.New Historicism.801/.95Dunn Allen1041594Haddox Thomas F(Thomas Fredrick)988152MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462093203321The limits of literary historicism2465238UNINA