The hospitable canon : essays on literary play, scholarly choice, and popular pressures / / edited by Virgil Nemoianu and Robert Royal

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1991
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 pages)
• Disciplina: 809
• Soggetto topico: Canon (Literature); Popular literature - English-speaking countries - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Popular literature - France - History and criticism - Theory, etc; American literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc; English literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc; French literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc
• Altri autori: NemoianuVirgil RoyalRobert <1949->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: THE HOSPITABLE CANONESSAYS ON LITERARY PLAY,SCHOLARLY CHOICE, ANDPOPULAR PRESSURES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Foreword; Canons and Differences; I; II; III; Notes; Reading 'Nasty' Great Books; Works Cited; Marginality: Stickball, Narcissus, and the Demands of Faith; Creative Intuition, Great Books, and Freedom of Intellect; Notes; Perplexing Lessons: Is There a Core Tradition in the Humanities?; Jorge Luis Borges and the Canon of English Literature; Notes; Works Cited; Appendix I; Appendix II ; The Teaching Anthology and the Canon of American Literature: Some Notes on Theory in Practice Notes; Multiple Points of View: A Study of French Comparative Literature Syllabi; Laocoön IV: An Essay Upon the Pragmatics of Art and the Limits of Criticism; 1. The Re-appearance; 2. A Selective History of a Very Bad Metaphor; 3. Fretted and Unfretted Statements on the Pragmatics of Art; Notes; Works Cited; Arnold's Legacy: Religious Rhetoric of Critics on the Literary Canon; Notes; Works Cited; ""Canon,"" Theme, and Code; I; II; III; Notes; Literary Canons and Social Value Options; I; II; III; IV; V; VIVII; VIII; IX; X; Notes; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The papers in this book respond to the public debate over literary canons, in the United States, and elsewhere, by placing the political-ideological aspects of the conflict inside perspectives derived from comparative literature. Canons are seen by most of the contributors as based on democratic and communal intentions or choices inevitable filtered through and colored by historical experiences and social biases. An examination of the canonical process over many centuries reveals both the impressive durability of its elements and the amazing flexibility of its outlines.
• Titolo autorizzato: The hospitable canon
• ISBN: 1-283-42453-3; 9786613424532; 90-272-7784-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789883403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cultura ludens. . -Imitation and play in western culture ; ; 4.