The History in Literature: On Value, Genre, Institutions

by Herbert Lindenberger

Herbert Lindenberger was one of the first literary critics to call for some kind of return to historical thinking in literary criticism. His ten essays cover canon formation, the historical status of genres, and the ways that art and criticism are embedded within institutional frameworks.

Lindenberger argues that, "what we label 'historical' assumes strikingly different shapes in different historical situations" and that present shape empowers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231072538
• ISBN13: 9780231072533
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher