The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism
Volume 6. The Nineteenth Century, c.1830–1914
Part of The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism
- Editor: M. A. R. Habib, Rutgers University, New Jersey
- Date Published: March 2016
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781316606100
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In the nineteenth century, literary criticism first developed into an autonomous, professional discipline in the universities. This volume provides a comprehensive and authoritative study of the vast field of literary criticism between 1830 and 1914. In over thirty essays written from a broad range of perspectives, international scholars examine the growth of literary criticism as an institution, and the major critical developments in diverse national traditions and in different genres, as well as the major movements of Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism and Decadence. The History offers a detailed focus on some of the era's great critical figures, such as Sainte-Beuve, Hippolyte Taine and Matthew Arnold, and includes essays devoted to the connections of literary criticism with other disciplines in science, the arts and Biblical studies. The publication of this volume marks the completion of the monumental Cambridge History of Literary Criticism from antiquity to the present day.
Read more- Provides a comprehensive overview of literary criticism from 1830 to 1914 in Europe and America
- Focuses on the central issues and problems of literary criticism and situates them in a number of broad contexts: literary, intellectual, artistic and religious
- This volume is lucidly written and clearly organized, with a user-friendly introduction that summarizes its contents
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'… a model of how to present sharp, original thinking without scanting the responsibility to provide a usable map … This volume provides a series of helpful starting points for exploring the range of thinking about literature that [the] extraordinary growth in critical writing helped to stimulate.' Stefan Collini, Modern Philology
See more reviews'… this volume clearly serves its purpose as a landmark for the multiple theoretical and practical issues that shaped nineteenth-century criticism within various national contexts …' Usha Wilbers, English Studies
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- Date Published: March 2016
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781316606100
- length: 709 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 150 x 38 mm
- weight: 1kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction M. A. R. Habib
Part I. Literary Criticism as an Institution:
1. Contexts and conditions of literary criticism:
1830–1914 Joanne Shattock
2. Literary studies and the academy David Goldie
3. Women and literary criticism Kimberly Vanesveld Adams
Part II. National Developments in Literary Criticism:
4. Literature and nationalism Julia Wright
5. Germany: from Restoration to consolidation: Classical and Romantic legacies Willi Goetschel
6. France: the continuing debate over Classicism Allan Pasco
7. England: Romantic legacies Stephen Prickett
8. England: literature and culture James Najarian
9. Literary nationalism and US Romantic aesthetics David Van Leer
10. Russia: literature and society Edith Clowes
Part III. Critical Movements and Patterns of Influence:
11. Literary autonomy: the growth of a modern concept Harold Schweizer
12. Hegel's aesthetics and their influence M. A. R. Habib
13. Marx, Engels and early Marxist criticism Macdonald Daly
Part IV. Later Nineteenth-Century Developments: Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism and Decadence:
14. Realism, Naturalism and Symbolism in France Rosemary Lloyd
15. Symbolism and Realism in Germany Martin Swales
16. Nineteenth-century British critics of Realism Elaine Freedgood
17. American literary Realism Carol Singley
18. Decadence and fin de siècle Ray Furness
19. The avant-garde in early twentieth-century Europe Roger Cardinal
Part V. Some Major Critics of the Period:
20. Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–69) Wolf Lepenies
21. Hippolyte Taine (1828–93) Hilary Nias
22. Francesco De Sanctis (1817–83) Renate Holub
23. Matthew Arnold (1822–88) Clinton Machann
24. Henry James (1843–1916) Donald David Stone
25. George Brandes (1842–1927) Paul Houe
Part VI. Genre Criticism:
26. Theories of genre Steven Monte
27 Theories of the novel Nicholas Dames
28. Theories of poetry John Kerkering
29. Theories of drama John Osborne
Part VII. Literature and Other Disciplines:
30. Literary criticism and models of science Gregory Moore
31. Literature and the arts Beth Wright
32. Biblical scholarship and literary criticism David Jeffrey
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