The Work of Reading
Literary Criticism in the 21st Century
Derek Attridge editor Anirudh Sridhar editor Mir Ali Hosseini editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Published:18th May '21
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The Work of Reading: Literary Criticism in the 21st Century is a sustained critical examination of the developments in the field of literary studies from the early 2000s onwards within the context of the systematic problems in the humanities. This volume analyzes the origins of the current methods—including New Historicism, empiricism, New Formalism, postcritique, and others—and posits alternatives to the present state of literary studies. At a time when many aspects of current methods show a desire to adopt values from other disciplines to solve internal crises, this volume advocates a renewed focus on questions of form by means of the praxis of aesthetic study, close reading, and other modes of engaging directly with literary texts.
ISBN: 9783030711382
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303 pages
1st ed. 2021