The Character of Criticism

by Geoffrey Galt Harpham

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Why are some critical texts more compelling, memorable, or engaging than others? Can criticism be judged as a discourse of description, explanation, and analysis alone, or do our evaluations reflect other kinds of investments in it? In this book, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that the most powerful and effective criticism demands to be read as an expression of a distinctive sensibility, a way of being in the world; it demands, in other words, to be...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415971330

ISBN13:9780415971331

Release Date:July 2006

Publisher:Routledge

Length:204 Pages

Weight:0.77 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

History & Criticism Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods Writing Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

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