The Resource The constitution of literature : literacy, democracy, and early English literary criticism, Lee Morrissey
The constitution of literature : literacy, democracy, and early English literary criticism, Lee Morrissey
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The item The constitution of literature : literacy, democracy, and early English literary criticism, Lee Morrissey represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- "The Constitution of Literature challenges the prevailing understanding of the relationship between literature and democracy during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when both literature and democracy were acquiring their modern forms. Against the heroic story of criticism shaping the modern public sphere as recounted by Habermas and his followers, this study explores how different resistances to democratized reading preoccupied the thinking of the major English literary critics of the time. By paying attention to how critics participated in a debate over theories of reading - its processes for acquiring meaning from the page, its psychological and social effects on individuals, and its diffusion across the population - the book offers a new understanding of the political history of early literary criticism."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 242 p.
- Contents
-
- Preface : rethinking the history of criticism
- Introduction : Habermas and the resistance to reading in early English literary criticism.
- p. 1
- 1.
- Radical literacy and radical democracy in the 1640s.
- p. 25
- 2.
- "God forgive you Common-wealths-men" : Dryden and the project of restoration.
- p. 61
- 3.
- "Avoid disputes" : The spectator, the market, and criticism.
- p. 87
- 4.
- Early eighteenth-century rules for reading : an act of settlement.
- p. 112
- 5.
- Hume, the politics of passion, and reading.
- p. 133
- 6.
- Samuel Johnson, the Constitution, and the exuberance of signification.
- p. 155
- Conclusion : the Enlightenment and the unfinished project of deconstruction.
- p. 181
- Notes.
- p. 201
- Bibliography.
- p. 217
- Index.
- p. 235
- Isbn
- 9780804757867
- Label
- The constitution of literature : literacy, democracy, and early English literary criticism
- Title
- The constitution of literature
- Title remainder
- literacy, democracy, and early English literary criticism
- Statement of responsibility
- Lee Morrissey
- Subject
-
- Books and reading -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
- Books and reading -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- English literature -- Philosophy
- Criticism -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
- English literature -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
- Criticism -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The Constitution of Literature challenges the prevailing understanding of the relationship between literature and democracy during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when both literature and democracy were acquiring their modern forms. Against the heroic story of criticism shaping the modern public sphere as recounted by Habermas and his followers, this study explores how different resistances to democratized reading preoccupied the thinking of the major English literary critics of the time. By paying attention to how critics participated in a debate over theories of reading - its processes for acquiring meaning from the page, its psychological and social effects on individuals, and its diffusion across the population - the book offers a new understanding of the political history of early literary criticism."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Morrissey, Lee
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Criticism
- Criticism
- Books and reading
- Books and reading
- English literature
- English literature
- Label
- The constitution of literature : literacy, democracy, and early English literary criticism, Lee Morrissey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index
- Contents
-
- Preface : rethinking the history of criticism
- Introduction : Habermas and the resistance to reading in early English literary criticism.
- p. 1
- 1.
- Radical literacy and radical democracy in the 1640s.
- p. 25
- 2.
- "God forgive you Common-wealths-men" : Dryden and the project of restoration.
- p. 61
- 3.
- "Avoid disputes" : The spectator, the market, and criticism.
- p. 87
- 4.
- Early eighteenth-century rules for reading : an act of settlement.
- p. 112
- 5.
- Hume, the politics of passion, and reading.
- p. 133
- 6.
- Samuel Johnson, the Constitution, and the exuberance of signification.
- p. 155
- Conclusion : the Enlightenment and the unfinished project of deconstruction.
- p. 181
- Notes.
- p. 201
- Bibliography.
- p. 217
- Index.
- p. 235
- Control code
- 31b16518792
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 242 p.
- Isbn
- 9780804757867
- Lccn
- 2007038617
- Label
- The constitution of literature : literacy, democracy, and early English literary criticism, Lee Morrissey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index
- Contents
-
- Preface : rethinking the history of criticism
- Introduction : Habermas and the resistance to reading in early English literary criticism.
- p. 1
- 1.
- Radical literacy and radical democracy in the 1640s.
- p. 25
- 2.
- "God forgive you Common-wealths-men" : Dryden and the project of restoration.
- p. 61
- 3.
- "Avoid disputes" : The spectator, the market, and criticism.
- p. 87
- 4.
- Early eighteenth-century rules for reading : an act of settlement.
- p. 112
- 5.
- Hume, the politics of passion, and reading.
- p. 133
- 6.
- Samuel Johnson, the Constitution, and the exuberance of signification.
- p. 155
- Conclusion : the Enlightenment and the unfinished project of deconstruction.
- p. 181
- Notes.
- p. 201
- Bibliography.
- p. 217
- Index.
- p. 235
- Control code
- 31b16518792
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 242 p.
- Isbn
- 9780804757867
- Lccn
- 2007038617
Subject
- Books and reading -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
- Books and reading -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Criticism -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
- Criticism -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- English literature -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
- English literature -- Philosophy
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