Geoffrey Hartman: Criticism as Answerable Style

by G. Douglas Atkins

Book Overview

The critic explicitly acknowledges his dependence on prior words that make his word a kind of answer. He calls to other texts "that they might answer him."'

Geoffrey Hartman is the first book devoted to an exploration of the intellectual poetry' of the critic who, whether or not he represents the future of the profession', is a unique and major voice in twentieth-century criticism.

Professor Atkins explains clearly Hartman's key...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138009059
• ISBN13: 9781138009059
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"