After the new criticism

This work is the first history and evaluation of contemporary American critical theory within its European philosophical contexts. In the first part, Frank Lentricchia analyzes the impact on our critical thought of Frye, Stevens, Kermode, Sartre, Poulet, Heidegger, Sussure, Barthes, Lévi-Strauss, Derrida, and Foucault, among other, less central figures. In a second part, Lentricchia turns to four exemplary theorists on the American scene?Murray Krieger, E. D. Hirsch, Jr., Paul de Man, and Harold Bloom?and an analysis of their careers within the lineage established in part one. -- Publisher's website.

First sentence: Northrop Frye published his monumental book in 1957, one year after Murray Krieger in The New Apologists for Poetry had summed up the position associated with the New Criticism, explored its theoretical contradictions and dead ends, and predicted-correctly, it turns out-that the New Criticism had done all that it could do for American literary critics (and the teaching of literature in the United

Year

1980

Language

English

Publisher

Athlone Press

Editions

1

Pages

398

ISBN

9780485112085

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