Flight from Eden: The Origins of Modern Literary Criticism and Theory

by Steven Cassedy

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Steven Cassedy takes aim at two of the most enduring myths of modern criticism: that it is secular, and that it is new and autonomous. He argues that though modern criticism is often forbiddingly scientific and technical, the modern critic remains something of a mystic. Every school of modern criticism--from structuralism to postmodern criticism--rests on a faith in an "Eden," an irreducible essence, a myth, like the common myth that there is an intrinsic...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520335031

ISBN13:9780520335035

Release Date:August 2022

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.87 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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