The Institution of Theory |
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| Author:
| Krieger, Murray |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-3123-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2019 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $27.00 |
Book Description:
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He sees divisions in each of them that foreshadow the current debates: in the first a conflict between the social and the aesthetic functions of literature, and in the second a conflict between the treatment of literature as a reflection of a culture's ideology and the treatment of literature as a subversion of that ideology. To what extent, he asks, are our debates new and to what extent are they merely refashioned versions of those we have always had?
He sees divisions in each of them that foreshadow the current debates: in the first a conflict between the social and the aesthetic functions of literature, and in the second a conflict between the treatment of literature as a reflection of a culture's ideology and the treatment of literature as a subversion of that ideology. To what extent, he asks, are our debates new and to what extent are they merely refashioned versions of those we have always had?