Modernism and the Critical Spirit

by Eugene Goodheart

Complaints about the decline of critical standards in literature and culture in general have been voiced for much of the twentieth century. These have extended from F.R. Leavis's laments for a "lost center of intelligence and urbane spirit," to current opposition to the predominance of radical critical theory in contemporary literature departments. Humanist criticism, which has as its object the quality of life as well as works of art, may well lack...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765806983
• ISBN13: 9780765806987
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"