Genre Routledge Revivals

Author : Heather Dubrow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317671923

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Genre (Routledge Revivals) by Heather Dubrow Pdf

This study, first published in 1982, explores and demonstrates the ways in which an awareness of literary genre can illuminate works as diverse as Milton’s ‘Lycidas’ and Berryman’s Sonnets. The first book to offer a historical survey of genre theory, it traces the history from the Greek rhetoricians to such contemporary figures as Frye and Todorov. Particular emphasis is placed on the ways in which comments on genre reflect underlying aesthetic attitudes.

Author : William H. Race
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317620716

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Classical Genres and English Poetry (Routledge Revivals) by William H. Race Pdf

First published in 1988, this study explains how certain genres created by Classical poets were adapted and sometimes transformed by the poets of the modern world, beginning with the Tudor poets’ rediscovery of the Classical heritage. Most of the long-lived poetic genres are discussed, from familiar examples like the hymn, elegy and eulogy, to less familiar topics such as the recusatio (refusal to write certain kinds of poems), or formal structures such as priamel. By combining criticism with literary history, the author explores the degree to which certain poets were consciously imitating models, and demonstrates how various generic forms reflect the literary concerns of individual poets as well as the general concerns of their age. The poets discussed range over the whole of Graeco-Roman antiquity, and in English from Wyatt to Yeats and Auden. A detailed and fascinating title, this study will appeal to teachers and students of both English and Classical literature.

Author : Max Deutscher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351776141

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Genre and Void by Max Deutscher Pdf

This book was first published in 2003: Developing a reading of some of Beauvoir's and Sartre's most influential writings in philosophy, Max Deutscher explores contemporary philosophy in the light of the phenomenological tradition within which Being and Nothingness and The Second Sex occurred as striking events operating on the border of the modern and the post-modern. Deutscher traces the shifts of genre that produce their gendered philosophies, and responds in terms of contemporary experience to the mood and the arguments of their works. Drawing upon the writings of two contemporary critics in particular - Michele Le Dœuff and Luce Irigaray - Deutscher reworks this part of philosophy's history in order to advance thinking in contemporary philosophy, generate renewed philosophical reflection on consciousness, freedom and one's relation to others, and to return a look still cast in our direction from an earlier time.

Author : Kathryn Hume
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317638537

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Fantasy and Mimesis (Routledge Revivals) by Kathryn Hume Pdf

Since Plato and Aristotle’s declaration of the essence of literature as imitation, western narrative has been traditionally discussed in mimetic terms. Marginalized fantasy- the deliberate from reality – has become the hidden face of fiction, identified by most critics as a minor genre. First published in 1984, this book rejects generic definitions of fantasy, arguing that it is not a separate or even separable strain in literary practice, but rather an impulse as significant as that of mimesis. Together, fantasy and mimesis are the twin impulses behind literary creation. In an analysis that ranges from the Icelandic sagas to science fiction, from Malory to pulp romance, Kathryn Hume systematically examines the various ways in which fantasy and mimesis contribute to literary representations of reality. A detailed and comprehensive title, this reissue will be of particular value to undergraduate literature students with an interest in literary genres and the centrality of literature to the creative imagination.

Author : Rosemary Lloyd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317629115

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Madame Bovary (Routledge Revivals) by Rosemary Lloyd Pdf

Madame Bovary ranks among the world’s most famous and widely read novels, and has inspired numerous critical theories. First published in 1987, this study draws on both twentieth-century and traditional critical views to provide both students and scholars with a fresh analysis of the novel: its narrative techniques, social background, and underlying structures. By setting the novel in an historical context, and exploring the ways in which it offers a hinge between romanticism and realism, the book establishes a framework through which the reader can assess questions of narrative strategy, of symbolic patterning and most importantly, parody and pastiche. Throughout Madame Bovary, Rosemary Lloyd argues, a series of intertwining voices challenge assumptions about the nature of narrative and the relationship between reader and writer. This reissue will provoke and stimulate debate among students and lecturers in French and English literature, for whom Madame Bovary is a key text in the development of the novel.

Author : Graham Good
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : American essays
ISBN : 0415007305

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The Observing Self by Graham Good Pdf

Author : Jean Radford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781315447704

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Routledge Revivals: The Progress of Romance (1986) by Jean Radford Pdf

First published in 1986, the aim of this book is to present some of the changing thinking on popular writing to a wider audience in view of the enormous growth of mass culture after the war, but also to offer a historical perspective on a specific form of popular fiction: the romance. The essays collected here reflect diverse positions and methods in the current debate: sociological, psychoanalytic and literary. Some focus more on texts or readers, others concentrate on theoretical questions about narrative or ideology. All of the essays, however, view popular forms and their uses historical in historical context — rejecting the notion they are a contaminated by-product of industrialism.

Author : Joseph Grixti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317638087

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Terrors of Uncertainty (Routledge Revivals) by Joseph Grixti Pdf

From Frankenstein and Dracula to Psycho and The Chainsaw Massacre, horror fiction has provided our culture with some of its most enduring themes and narratives. Considering horror fiction both as a genre and as a social phenomenon, Joseph Grixti provides a theoretical and historical framework for reconsidering horror and the cultural apparatus that surrounds it. First published in 1989, this book looks at shifts in the genre’s meaning – its fascination with excess, its commentaries on the categories and boundaries of culture – and at interpretations of horror from psychology, psychoanalysis, sociology, cultural and media studies. Terrors of Uncertainty brings together a provocative range of perspectives from across the disciplines, which combine to raise important questions about the relationship between fiction and society, and the way in which we use fiction to resolve or evade our fears of uncertainty.

Author : Raymond Macdonald Alden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317950851

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Shakespeare (Routledge Revivals) by Raymond Macdonald Alden Pdf

This fascinating title, first published in 1922, presents a detailed overview of the life and works of Shakespeare. Alden first considers Shakespeare’s Elizabethan context, alongside exploring the Classical and Italian foundations, political theories, concepts and theatrical trends that influenced his works. Next, a comprehensive biography provides insight into Shakespeare’s probable education, relationships and contemporaries. The final sections are devoted to the genres into which Shakespeare’s works have been categorised, with full analyses of and backgrounds to the poems, histories, comedies and tragedies. An important study, this title will be of particular value to students in need of a comprehensive overview of Shakespeare’s life and works, as well as the more general inquisitive reader.

Author : Lennard J. Davis
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0353345830

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Resisting Novels Ideology and Fiction by Lennard J. Davis Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Herbert Read
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781317428268

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The English Vision by Herbert Read Pdf

This anthology, first published in 1939, aimed to present the English ideal in its various aspects as expressed by representative Englishmen. This book will be of interest to students of literature and to the general reader.

Author : Peter Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317619567

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V. S. Naipaul (Routledge Revivals) by Peter Hughes Pdf

First published in 1988, Peter Hughes explores the work of V. S. Naipaul, and the interplay of fictional and non-fictional patters in what is his obsessive vision of human life. Hughes shows how Naipaul’s narratives pair off histories and novels, travel-writing and psycho-biography, reinforcing one another and Naipaul’s vision of ‘a world undoing itself’ - a world of disorder and fantasy. He includes a reading of Naipaul’s texts, usually considered highly traditional, that shows their innovative side, and points out ways that they can be illuminated through modern literary theory. A detailed analysis, this companion to V. S. Naipaul’s writing will interest students of modern literature and those with an interest in Naipaul’s writing more generally.

Author : Kenneth Quinn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317745884

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Latin Explorations (Routledge Revivals) by Kenneth Quinn Pdf

Latin Explorations, first published in 1963, offers a fresh approach to Roman poetry from Catullus to Ovid. Traditionally, the period is divided for specialist studies – Lyric, Epic and Elegy. In each of them, techniques of interpretation prevail, isolated from contemporary ideas about poetry and dominated by barriers between ‘textual’, ‘exegetical’ and ‘aesthetic’ criticism. Kenneth Quinn discerns in Roman poetry of this period the adolescence, maturity and decay of a single coherent tradition whose internal unity surpasses differences of form. His argument attempts to reverse the dissociation of purely academic research from appreciative criticism, whilst also incorporating the work of textual scholars. Each chapter is supported by a detailed analysis of the texts: nearly 700 lines of poetry are discussed and translated. Latin Explorations will be of significant value not only to students of the Classics, but also to the ‘Latinless’ general reader who is interested in Roman literature.

Author : Jonathan Hart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317945239

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Reading the Renaissance by Jonathan Hart Pdf

Approaching the Renaissance from many perspectives-historicism, genre studies, close reading, anthropology, feminism, new historicism, cultural materialism and postmodernism-these original essays explore the boundaries between genre and gender, languages and literatures, reading and criticism, the Renaissance and the Middle Ages, the early modern and the post-modern, world and theater. They offer a new way of looking at the Renaissance and at literature and history generally-through the lens of cultural pluralism, which reflects the changing nature of Western society. The collection reveals that the study of literature should take into account its cultural context and that it is enriched by an examination of other literatures.

Author : Graham Good
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781317637776

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The Observing Self (Routledge Revivals) by Graham Good Pdf

First published in 1988, this title is a study of the essay as a literary genre, not just in terms of its general intellectual and literary history, but as an exploration of the creative possibilities of the form. The rise of the essay is discussed in relation to the rise of the novel and the emergence of empiricism in science, but the main focus of Graham Good’s study is on the inner workings of the essay itself. Drawing on criticism by Adorno and Lukacs, Graham Good presents the genre as an expression of individualism, freed from tradition and authority, in which the self constructs itself and its object through independent observation. Through analysis of the work of such essayists as Montaigne, Bacon, Virginia Wolf, T. S. Eliot and George Orwell, the potential of the genre for independence and individualism is illustrated, and the essay is resituated as an intellectually challenging form of creative and critical writing.