The quality of literature
Subtitle: linguistic studies in literary evaluation
By: edited by Willie van Peer.
Contributors: Peer, Willie van.
Series: Linguistic approaches to literature -- v. 4
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing; John Benjamins Publishing Company; John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9789027233363
Subjects: Criticism; Literature -- History and criticism; Discourse analysis, Literary
Description: "Evaluation is central to literary studies and has led to an impressive list of publications on the status and history of the canon. Yet it is remarkable how little attention has been given to the role to textual properties in evaluative processes. Most of the chapters in The Quality of Literature redress this issue by dealing with texts or genres ranging from classical antiquity, via Renaissance to twentieth century. They provide a rich textual and historical panorama of how critical debate over literary quality has influenced our modes of thinking and feeling about literature, and how they continue to shape the current literary landscape. Four theoretical chapters reflect on the general state of literary evaluation while the introduction weaves the different threads together aiming at further conceptual clarification. This book thus contributes to a deeper understanding of the problems that are at the heart of past and present debates over literary quality."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.