The Return of Thematic Criticism |
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| Editor:
| Sollors, Werner |
| Series title: | Harvard English Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-76687-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1993 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $33.50 |
Book Description:
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How to determine the theme of a text--can a focus on form be the theme? Can the motif be a formal category? What operations permit us to say that texts are variants of the same theme? The contributors challenge the dismissal of "merely" thematic approaches and offer different ways to tackle the issue of what a piece of writing is "about."
How to determine the theme of a text--can a focus on form be the theme? Can the motif be a formal category? What operations permit us to say that texts are variants of the same theme? The contributors challenge the dismissal of "merely" thematic approaches and offer different ways to tackle the issue of what a piece of writing is "about."