Literary Theory, an Anthology (Blackwell Anthologies)
Contributors: Julie Rivkin (Editor); Michael Ryan (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: June 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1336
ISBN-13: 9781405106955
Subjects: Literary theory; Semiotics & Theory; Literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Theory, etc; LITERATURE_HISTORY AND CRITICISM; LITERATURE_PHILOSOPHY; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; History and criticism; Philosophy
First sentence: It has become a commonplace of literary study that to study literature is to study language, yet prior to the formalist movements of the early twentieth century - Russian Formalism and American New Criticism - the study of literature was concerned with everything about literature except language, from the historical context of a literary work to the biography of its author.