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The Direction of Literary Theory

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  • © 1996

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  1. Steven Earnshaw
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Steven Earnshaw
      Pages 1-18

  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Thanks for the Theory

      • Steven Earnshaw
      Pages 107-118

    3. Alterity: Martin Buber’s ‘I-Thou’ in Literature and the Arts

      • Steven Earnshaw
      Pages 119-134

    4. Impossibility Fiction? IF only …

      • Steven Earnshaw
      Pages 135-149

    5. Despair, Enchantment, Prayer: A Conclusion

      • Steven Earnshaw
      Pages 150-159

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 160-182
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About this book

An initial proposition is made that literary theory is divided into two broad, antithetical camps - one where the focus is purely textual, the other where the focus is on context. Section One is devoted to resolving this central dichotomy by examining issues that are highly contentious within literary theory (the author, intention, value, postmodernism and history). Section Two critiques theory as a whole within the arts and discusses its possible existence in this non-rational environment. It articulates a number of possible responses with consequences for future research and education.

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STEVEN EARNSHAW

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Direction of Literary Theory

  • Authors: Steven Earnshaw

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230375727

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-65567-2Due: 25 October 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-65568-9Published: 15 October 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37572-7Published: 25 October 1996

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 182

  • Topics: Literary Theory

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