| Place of Publication | London, England : |
| Publisher's Name | Profile books Limited, |
| Date of Publication | 2016 |
| Extent | viii, 166p. |
| Other Details | 6 black and white illustrations, indexed, further reading, references |
| Series Statement Title | Ideas in Profile - Small Introductions to Big Topics |
| Item Descriptor | Focusing particularly on stories, plays and poems, Criticism traces the central concepts and controversies in criticism, from Plato to Derrida, and from Romanticism to the death of the author. In the process, it reflects on criticism itself, the possibilities and options that confront casual readers, as well as reviewers, members of reading groups, students and teachers of English. How far do we make conscious choices about how and what we read (or view)? What do we conventionally look for in fiction? And what might we look for if we went beyond the conventional? |
| Formatted Content Note | Sections include - The practice of criticism; How did we get here?; The making of a discipline; The role of theory; and Where now?
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| Level Content-Audience | General |
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| Subject Entry | Criticism
Literary criticism
Criticism - Popular works |
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