"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.
Why has Anglo-American culture for so long regarded "theory" with intense suspicion? In this important contribution to the history of critical theory, David Simpson argues that a nationalist myth underlies contemporary attacks on theory. Theory's antagonists, Simpson shows, invoke the same criteria of common sense and national solidarity as did the British intellectuals who rebelled against "theory" and "method" during the French Revolution.
Simpson demonstrates the close association between "theory" and "method" and shows that by the mid-eighteenth century, "method" had acquired distinctly subversive associations in England. Attributed increasingly to the French and the Germans, "method" paradoxically evoked images both of inhuman rationality and unbridled sentimentality; in either incarnation, it was seen as a threat to what was claimed to be authentically British. Simpson develops these paradigms in relation to feminism, the gendering of Anglo-American culture, and the emergence of literature and literary criticism as antitheoretical discourses. He then looks at the Romantic poets' response to this confining ideology of the cultural role of literature. Finally, Simpson considers postmodern theory's claims for the radical energy of nonrational or antirationalist positions.
This is an essential book not only for students of the Romantic period and intellectual historians concerned with the idea of "method," but for anyone interested in the historical background of today's debates over the excesses and possibilities of "theory."
"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.
Gastos de envío:
EUR 2,46
A Estados Unidos de America
Descripción Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: 644767-n
Descripción paperback. Condición: New. A brand-new item that has never been used. Supplementary materials are included and all access codes, if applicable, are valid and/or in working condition. Nº de ref. del artículo: 4BQMP3002UGA_ns
Descripción paperback. Condición: New. Language: ENG. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9780226759463
Descripción PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Nº de ref. del artículo: FW-9780226759463
Descripción Condición: new. Nº de ref. del artículo: 21f5451cf9776e15ad12efe91ccf0ca4
Descripción Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: ABLIING23Feb2215580062931
Descripción Soft Cover. Condición: new. This item is printed on demand. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9780226759463
Descripción Condición: New. In. Nº de ref. del artículo: ria9780226759463_new
Descripción Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 1st edition. 254 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. Nº de ref. del artículo: __0226759466
Descripción Paperback / softback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Nº de ref. del artículo: B9780226759463