近代批評家列伝 The Critic in the Modern World : Public Criticism from Samuel Johnson to James Wood

Ley, James

Bloomsbury Academic USA（2014/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 248 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781623569310
• DDC分類 801.95

Full Description

The Critic in the Modern World explores the work of six influential literary critics—Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, Matthew Arnold, T.S. Eliot, Lionel Trilling and James Wood—each of whom occupies a distinct historical moment. It considers how these representative critics have constructed their public personae, the kinds of arguments they have used, and their core principles and philosophies.

Spanning three hundred years of cultural history, The Critic in the Modern World considers the various ways in which literary critics have positioned themselves in relation to the modern tradition of descriptive criticism. In providing a lucid account of each critic's central principles and philosophies, it considers the role of the literary critic as a public figure, interpreting him as someone who is compelled to address the wider issues of individualism and the social implications of the democratising, secularising, liberalising forces of modernity.

Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction

1. A Degree of Insanity: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
2. Fire from the Flint: William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
3. A Thyesteän Banquet of Clap-Trap: Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
4. The Principles of Modern Heresy: T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
5. 'I do like the West and wish it would stop declining': Lionel Trilling (1905-1975)
6. The Secular Wood: James Wood (1965- )

Postscript
Bibliography
Index