Character: Three Inquiries in Literary Studies

by Amanda Anderson, Rita Felski, Toril Moi, et al.

Book Overview

Over the last few decades, character-based criticism has been seen as either naive or obsolete. But now questions of character are attracting renewed interest. Making the case for a broad-based revision of our understanding of character, Character rethinks these questions from the ground up. Is it really necessary to remind literary critics that characters are made up of words? Must we forbid identification with characters? Does character-discussion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022665866X
• ISBN13: 9780226658667
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"