Criticism After Theory from Shakespeare to Virginia Woolf

by Perry Meisel

Book Overview

The argument of this book is a simple one: that criticism after theory is a single movement of thought defined by synthesis and continuity rather than by conflict and change. The most influential figures in criticism since Saussure--Bakhtin, Derrida, and Foucault--are wholly consistent with Saussure's foundational Course in General Linguistics (1916) no matter the traditions of complaint that have followed in Saussure's wake from Bakhtin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032244259
• ISBN13: 9781032244259
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"