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Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
1138781037, 9781138781030, 9781315770284
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6933119 bytes)
Series
Routledge Revivals
Edition
1
Pages
146\146
Time added
2021-12-15 20:14:00

Description

This study, first published in 1982, explores and demonstrates the ways in which an awareness of literary genre can illuminate works as diverse as Milton’s ‘Lycidas’ and Berryman’s Sonnets. The first book to offer a historical survey of genre theory, it traces the history from the Greek rhetoricians to such contemporary figures as Frye and Todorov. Particular emphasis is placed on the ways in which comments on genre reflect underlying aesthetic attitudes. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Original Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 The functions of genre 3 Genre theory I: Aristotle to Arnold 4 Genre theory II: the twentieth century 5 Conclusion Select bibliography Index

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