1st Edition

Criticism and Objectivity

By Raman Selden Copyright 1984
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1984 Criticism and Objectivity argues that literary critics should not abandon the concept of knowledge. English literary criticism has long considered ‘theory’ to be alien to the felt experience of readers and writers; the Romantic attitude towards reason and feeling has continued to inhibit the conceptual development of criticism. The similarities between the role of theory... Read more

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: The Edge of the Abyss 2. Objectivity and Theory in English Criticism 3. Literary Criticism and Science 4. Russian Formalism, Marxism, and ‘Relative Autonomy’ 5. The Plural Text and History 6. The Reader and the text 7. Literary Criticism and the Theory of the Subject Bibliography Index

Biography

Raman Selden