02872oam 2200709I 450 991095839160332120251116175759.01-134-70164-099909-999-2-90-203-16943-31-280-19502-90-585-46042-61-134-70165-910.4324/9780203169438 (CKB)1000000000251523(EBL)165620(OCoLC)437073861(SSID)ssj0000193115(PQKBManifestationID)11937202(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193115(PQKBWorkID)10218455(PQKB)10956051(SSID)ssj0000071112(PQKBManifestationID)11109682(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000071112(PQKBWorkID)10089399(PQKB)11327654(MiAaPQ)EBC165620(Au-PeEL)EBL165620(CaPaEBR)ebr10062931(CaONFJC)MIL19502(OCoLC)52750502(EXLCZ)99100000000025152320180706d1999 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrLiterature /Peter Widdowson1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,1999.1 online resource (241 p.)New Critical IdiomDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-16914-3 0-415-16913-5 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; LITERATURE; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 WHAT IS 'LITERATURE'?: Some (non-) definitions; 2 WHAT HAS 'LITERATURE' BEEN?: A History of the Concept, Part One: Origins to Orthodoxies; 3 WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO 'LITERATURE'?: A History of the Concept, Part Two: After the 1960's; 4 WHAT IS 'THE LITERARY'?; 5 THE USES OF 'THE LITERARY': News stories; 6 WATCH THIS SPACE; NOTES; REFERENCESThis introductory volume provides an overview of the history of Literature as a cultural concept, and reflects on the contemporary nature, place and function of what the literary might mean for us today. Literature: * offers a concise history of the canonic concept of 'literature' from its earliest origins * illustrates the kinds of theoretical issues which are currently invoked by the term 'literary' * provides a definition of the 'literary' for the twenty-first century With Literature Peter Widdowson provides a thought-provoking essay on the contemporary.New critical idiom.LiteratureLiterature.809Widdowson Peter458029MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958391603321Literature1093081UNINA