Romanticism, Nationalism, and the Revolt Against Theory

by David Simpson

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Why has Anglo-American culture for so long regarded "theory" with intense suspicion? In this important contribution to the history of critical theory, David Simpson argues that a nationalist myth underlies contemporary attacks on theory. Theory's antagonists, Simpson shows, invoke the same criteria of common sense and national solidarity as did the British intellectuals who rebelled against "theory" and "method" during the French Revolution.

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Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226759466

ISBN13:9780226759463

Release Date:June 1993

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:254 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory English Literature Gothic & Romantic History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Movements & Periods

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