{"product_id":"the-theory-of-criticsm-from-plato-to-the-present-a-reader-9780582003286","title":"The Theory of Criticsm From Plato to the Present A Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 as well as the discontinuities. These are presented through comparisons and contrasts across the entire field of critical history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"If you seek a reader for the history of ideas...then Professor Selden's book is perfect.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"...an impressive feat of scholarship.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface Acknowledgements Introduction \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 - Representation \u003c\/b\u003e1. Imaginative Representation 2. Mimesis and Realism 3. Nature and Truth 4. Language and Representation \u003cb\u003ePart II - Subjectivity\u003c\/b\u003e 1. Wit Judgement, Fancy and Imagination 2. Genius, Nature vs Art 3. Emotive Theories 4 Subjective criticism and the reader's reponse 5. Unconscious Processes \u003cb\u003ePart III - Form, System and Structure\u003c\/b\u003e 1. The Aesthetic Dimension 2. Unity and Literariness 3. Ambiguity and Polysemy 4. Impersonality and the 'death' of the author 5. Rhetoric - Style and point of view 6. Structuree and system 7. Structure and Indeterminacy \u003cb\u003ePart IV - History and Society \u003c\/b\u003e1. Tradition and Intertextuality 2. History 3. Literature and 'life' 4. Class and Gender \u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767798792535,"sku":"9780582003286","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780582003286.jpg?v=1758714978","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-theory-of-criticsm-from-plato-to-the-present-a-reader-9780582003286","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}