Is literary history possible?
By: David Perkins.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
Description: "Is Literary History Possible? is a landmark study of the thinking underlying recent theory about literary history. Through analysis of particular literary histories--most of them contemporary works--Perkins elaborates on two fundamental problems that arise in the writing of literary history: the contradictions inherent in organizing, structuring, and presenting the subject; and the "always unsuccessful" attempt of literary histories to explain the development of the literature they describe. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.