A Future for Criticism (PDF)
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A Future for Criticism considers why fiction gives so much
pleasure, and the neglect of this issue in contemporary
criticism.
* Offers a brief, lively, and accessible account of a new
direction for critical practice, from one of Britain's...
pleasure, and the neglect of this issue in contemporary
criticism.
* Offers a brief, lively, and accessible account of a new
direction for critical practice, from one of Britain's...
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A Future for Criticism considers why fiction gives so much
pleasure, and the neglect of this issue in contemporary
criticism.
* Offers a brief, lively, and accessible account of a new
direction for critical practice, from one of Britain's most
prominent literary theorists and critics
* Proposes a new path for future criticism, more open to
reflecting on the pleasures of fiction
* Written in a clear, jargon-free style, and illustrated
throughout with numerous examples
pleasure, and the neglect of this issue in contemporary
criticism.
* Offers a brief, lively, and accessible account of a new
direction for critical practice, from one of Britain's most
prominent literary theorists and critics
* Proposes a new path for future criticism, more open to
reflecting on the pleasures of fiction
* Written in a clear, jargon-free style, and illustrated
throughout with numerous examples
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Preface. 1 Pleasure: Have we neglected it? Fiction for pleasure. The case of tragedy. The English curriculum. Cries of joy. 'Aesthetic' pleasure. The Pleasure of the Text. Modernist unpleasure. Gaiety. 2 Piety: Haven't we overdone it? Criticism on the defensive. Classic defences. The advent of theory. Law. The superego. Neurosis. Complacency. Culture and Anarchy. Artefacts and pleasure. Critical writing. 3 Biography: Friend or foe? Life and art. Biography in theory. What the authors say. New Historicism. Shakespeare's life. Fact or fiction? Shakespeare's memory. Romance. The death of the reader. 4 Realism: Do we overrate it? A disputed value. The default genre. Imitation. Insight. Totalization. Suspicion. Objections. The radical view. Recuperation. A counter-example. 5 Culture: What do we mean by it? Cultural criticism. Twin perils. Culture as meanings. Meanwhile, in Paris ... Anthropology. Another culture. Perils circumvented. Work to do. 6 History: Do we do it justice? Offi cial usage. Cultural difference. History and criticism. Customary knowledge. Dissonance. An example. The old historicism. Criticism as cultural history. The uses of criticism. Critical skills. 7 Desire: A force to reckon with. Pleasure revisited. Orpheus. Loss. The desire of the protagonist. Stand-ins. The desire of the reader. The desire of the text. Substitution. Pacification. Defiance. Breaking the rules. And so ... Criticism. Notes. Index.
Autoren-Porträt von Catherine Belsey
Catherine Belsey is a research professor in English atSwansea University, UK. Her principal publications include
Shakespeare in Theory and Practice (2008), Why
Shakespeare? (2007), Critical Practice (1980, 2002),
Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction (2002) and
Desire: Love Stories in Western Culture (1994).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Catherine Belsey
- 2010, 1. Auflage, 152 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1444393391
- ISBN-13: 9781444393392
- Erscheinungsdatum: 17.11.2010
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