Seaton, James <br/><br/>
Literary criticism from Plato to postmodernism :  the humanistic alternative / 
James Seaton 
 - Unites States of America :  Cambridge University Press,  c2014 
 - x, 225 pages ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Chapter1. Plato and neoplatonism -- Chapter2. Romanticism and modernism -- Chapter3. Theory and cultural studies -- Chapter4. Aristotle and the humanistic tradition -- Chapter5. Edmund Wilson and Lionel Trilling -- Chapter6. Democracy, popular culture, and Ralph Ellison -- Chapter7. Literary criticism, the humanities, and liberal education. 
<br/><br/> This book offers a history of literary criticism from Plato to the present, arguing that this history can best be seen as a dialogue among three traditions - the Platonic, Neoplatonic, and the humanistic, originated by Aristotle. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107026100 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>CRITICISM--HISTORY
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN 86 .S43 2014