The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, Volume 9: Twentieth-Century Historical, Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives

This volume in The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism brings together a wide range of highly informative essays on developments in literary criticism and theory during the twentieth century. The main focus is on historical, philosophical and sociocultural approaches to literature and it offers both authoritative treatments of the topics under review and a lively sense of engagement and dialogue among the contributors. It has a full bibliographical apparatus and provides an invaluable resource for readers who are seeking to orient themselves in this complex and often bewildering field. This latest volume in the celebrated Cambridge History of Literary Criticism addresses literary criticism of the Romantic period, chiefly in Europe. Its seventeen chapters are by internationally respected academics and explore a range of key topics and themes.The book is designed to help readers locate essential information and to develop approaches and viewpoints for a deeper understanding of issues discussed by Romantic critics or that were fundamental to their works. Primary and secondary bibliographies provide a guide for further research. v. 1. Classical criticism / edited by George A. Kennedy v. 3. The Renaissance / edited by Glyn P. Norton v. 4. The eighteenth century / edited by H.B. Nisbet and Claude Rawson v. 5. Romanticism / edited by Marshall Brown v. 7. Modernism and the New Criticism / edited by A. Walton Litz, Louis Menand, and Lawrence Rainey v. 8. From formalism to poststructuralism / edited by Raman Selden v. 9. Twentieth-century historical, philosophical, and psychological perspectives. Recent critiques of historical methodology have inaugurated a radically revised understanding of art, culture and society. The history of the most hotly debated areas of literary theory, including structuralism and deconstruction