01976nam 2200409 a 450 991052490500332120160610123748.09780801413254cloth9781501707186paperback9781501705427electronic(EXLCZ)991606981120183119810916h20161982 uy eengtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe institution of criticism /Peter Uwe HohendahlIthaca, New York ;London :Cornell University Press,2016.©19821 online resource (287 pages)Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Literary criticism and the public sphere -- Art evaluation and reportage -- The end of an institution? -- The task of contemporary literary criticism -- Promoters, consumers, and critics -- Prolegomena to a history of literary criticism -- Critical theory, public sphere, and culture.Drawing on the tradition of the Frankfurt School and on Jürgen Habermas’s concept of the public sphere, Hohendahl takes a close look at the social history of literary criticism in Germany since the eighteenth century, and sheds light on some of the important political and social forces that shape literature and culture. Including seven essays originally published in German, the book conveys the rich possibilities of the German perspective for those who employ American and French critical techniques and for students of contemporary critical theory.CriticismElectronic books.Criticism.801/.95/0917.82bcl17.80bclHohendahl Peter Uwe456910DLCDLCDLCSUSA9910524905003321Institution of criticism1344388UNINA