The Theory of Criticism: From Plato to the Present: A Reader

by Raman Selden

Book Overview

This book is divided into five parts and covers: representation; subjectivity; form, structure and system; history and society; morality, class and ideology. Each part contains several thematic sections in which extracts from different writers and periods are juxtaposed. The study of literary theory has tended to concentrate on very recent developments. This volume, however, establishes both a sense of the continuities from Plato to the present day...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582003288
• ISBN13: 9780582003286
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"