Historical Criticism and the Meaning of Texts

by James Robert De Jager Jackson

In this original and significant contribution to literary controversy, first published in 1989, Professor Jackson argues on semantic grounds that historical criticism, which he defines as the attempt to read works of literature and criticism as they were read when they were new, is a necessary preliminary to other ways of approaching the literature of the past. He distinguishes between the difficulties inherent in the practice of historical critics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138683450
• ISBN13: 9781138683457
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"