Criticism and Objectivity

by Raman Selden

First published in 1984 Criticism and Objectivity argues that literary critics should not abandon the concept of knowledge. English literary criticism has long considered 'theory' to be alien to the felt experience of readers and writers; the Romantic attitude towards reason and feeling has continued to inhibit the conceptual development of criticism. The similarities between the role of theory in science and in literary criticism imply...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032527463
• ISBN13: 9781032527468
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages