The limits of literary historicism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Allen Dunn and Thomas F. Haddox
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| Titolo: |
The limits of literary historicism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Allen Dunn and Thomas F. Haddox
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| Pubblicazione: | Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, 2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 801/.95 |
| Soggetto topico: | Criticism |
| Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc | |
| New Historicism | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
DunnAllen
HaddoxThomas F (Thomas Fredrick)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The limits of literary historicism |
| ISBN: | 1-280-01070-3 |
| 9786613512352 | |
| 1-57233-831-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462093203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Tennessee studies in literature ; ; v. 45.