LEADER 02872oam 2200709I 450 001 9910958391603321 005 20251116175759.0 010 $a1-134-70164-0 010 $a99909-999-2-9 010 $a0-203-16943-3 010 $a1-280-19502-9 010 $a0-585-46042-6 010 $a1-134-70165-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203169438 035 $a(CKB)1000000000251523 035 $a(EBL)165620 035 $a(OCoLC)437073861 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000193115 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11937202 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193115 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10218455 035 $a(PQKB)10956051 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000071112 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11109682 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000071112 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10089399 035 $a(PQKB)11327654 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165620 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165620 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10062931 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL19502 035 $a(OCoLC)52750502 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000251523 100 $a20180706d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiterature /$fPeter Widdowson 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 1 $aNew Critical Idiom 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-16914-3 311 08$a0-415-16913-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; 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; REFERENCES 330 $aThis introductory volume provides an overview of the history of Literature as a cultural concept, and reflects on the contemporary nature, place and function of what the literary might mean for us today. Literature: * offers a concise history of the canonic concept of 'literature' from its earliest origins * illustrates the kinds of theoretical issues which are currently invoked by the term 'literary' * provides a definition of the 'literary' for the twenty-first century With Literature Peter Widdowson provides a thought-provoking essay on the contemporary. 410 0$aNew critical idiom. 606 $aLiterature 615 0$aLiterature. 676 $a809 700 $aWiddowson$b Peter$0458029 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958391603321 996 $aLiterature$91093081 997 $aUNINA