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050 _aPN 86 .S43 2014
100 _aSeaton, James
_eauthor
245 0 _aLiterary criticism from Plato to postmodernism :
_bthe humanistic alternative /
_cJames Seaton
260 _aUnites States of America :
_bCambridge University Press,
_cc2014
300 _ax, 225 pages ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aChapter1. 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.
520 _aThis 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.
650 _aCRITICISM--HISTORY
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