1st Edition

Critical Theory And The Literary Canon

By E. Dean Kolbas Copyright 2001
192 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

Kolbas stakes out new territory in assessing the war over literary canon formation, a subject that contemporary polemicists have devoted much ink to. Throughout this succinct manuscript, Kolbas ranges through the sociology and politics of culture, aesthetic theory, and literary theory to develop his point that texts not only must should be situated in the historical and material conditions of... Read more
Introduction , History, Politics, and Culture , Canons Ancient and Modern , The Contemporary Canon Debate , Cultural Reproduction , Critical Aesthetic Theory , Critical Theory and Canonical Art , Subverting the Canon: Sociology, New Historicism, and Cultural Studies , The Boundaries of a Critical Theory of Canon Formation , Conclusion: A Canon of Art, a Politics of Ends

Biography

E Dean Kolbas