LEADER 04502nam 2200685 450 001 9910456277603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99458-8 010 $a9786611994587 010 $a1-4426-8285-X 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442682856 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001890 035 $a(EBL)4672205 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000312220 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11242212 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312220 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10331571 035 $a(PQKB)11255951 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600983 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3257937 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672205 035 $a(DE-B1597)465070 035 $a(OCoLC)1013941216 035 $a(OCoLC)944177351 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442682856 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672205 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257883 035 $a(OCoLC)958559020 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001890 100 $a20160923h20032003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUncommon readers $eDenis Donoghue, Frank Kermode, George Steiner and the tradition of the common reader /$fChristopher J. Knight 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2003. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (522 p.) 225 0 $aStudies in Book and Print Culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-8798-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $tDenis Donoghue -- $tFrank Kermode -- $tGeorge Steiner -- $tAfterword -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tBackmatter 330 $aImpressive in scope and erudition, Christopher Knight's Uncommon Readers focuses on three critics whose voices - mixing eloquence with pugnacity - stand out as among the most notable independent critics working during the last half-century. The critics are Denis Donoghue, Frank Kermode, and George Steiner, and their independence - a striking characteristic in a time of corporate criticism - is reflective of both their backgrounds (Donoghue's Catholic upbringing in Protestant-ruled Northern Ireland; Kermode's Manx beginnings; and Steiner's Jewish upbringing in pre-Holocaust Europe) and their temperaments. Each represents a party of one, a fact that has, on the one hand, made them the object of the occasional vituperative dismissal and, on the other, contributed to their influence and remarkable longevity.Since the 1950s, Steiner, Donoghue, and Kermode have each maintained a highly public profile, regularly contributing to such influential publications as Encounter, New Yorker, New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, and the London Review of Books. This aspect of their work receives particular attention in Uncommon Readers, for it illustrates a renewed interest in the role of the public critic, especially in relation to the genre of the literary-review essay, and signals a sustained conversation with an educated public - namely the common reader.Knight makes the argument for the review essay as a serious and still viable genre, and he examines the three critics in light of this assumption. He expounds upon the critics' separate interests - Kermode's identification with discussions of canonicity, Steiner's with cultural politics, and Donoghue's with the persistent claims of the imagination - while also revealing the ways in which their work often reflects theological interests. Lastly, he attempts to adjudicate some of the conflicts that have arisen between these critics and other literary theorists (especially the post-structuralists), and to discuss the question of whether it is still possible for critics to work independently. Original and deliberative, Uncommon Readers presents a renewed defense of the tradition of the common reader. 606 $aCriticism$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aBook reviewing$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCriticism$xHistory 615 0$aBook reviewing$xHistory 676 $a801.950922 700 $aKnight$b Christopher J.$f1952-$0896917 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456277603321 996 $aUncommon readers$92472417 997 $aUNINA