Description
| Product ID: | 9783030711382 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CH |
| Title: | The Work of Reading |
| Subtitle: | Literary Criticism in the 21st Century |
| Authors: | Author: Anirudh Sridhar, Mir Ali Hosseini, Derek Attridge |
| Page Count: | 303 |
| Subjects: | Films, cinema, Film, TV & radio, Literary theory, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Literary studies: general, 21st century |
| Description: | The Work of Reading: Literary Criticism in the 21st Century is a sustained critical examination of the developments in the field of literary studies from the early 2000s onwards within the context of the systematic problems in the humanities. The Work of Reading: Literary Criticism in the 21st Century is a sustained critical examination of the developments in the field of literary studies from the early 2000s onwards within the context of the systematic problems in the humanities. This volume analyzes the origins of the current methods-including New Historicism, empiricism, New Formalism, postcritique, and others-and posits alternatives to the present state of literary studies. At a time when many aspects of current methods show a desire to adopt values from other disciplines to solve internal crises, this volume advocates a renewed focus on questions of form by means of the praxis of aesthetic study, close reading, and other modes of engaging directly with literary texts. |
| Imprint Name: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Publisher Name: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-05-18 |
