American Literary Criticism from the Thirties to the Eighties / / Vincent B. Leitch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Leitch, Vincent B.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1988]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 1988
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Marxist Criticism in the 1930s --; 2 The "New Criticism" --; 3 The Chicago School --; 4 The New York Intellectuals --; 5 Myth Criticism --; 6 Phenomenological and Existential Criticism --; 7 Hermeneutics --; 8 Reader-Response Criticism --; 9 Literary Structuralism and Semiotics --; 10 Deconstructive Criticism --; 11 Feminist Criticism --; 12 Black Aesthetics --; 13 Leftist Criticism from the 1960s to the 1980s --; Afterword. Circumstances of History --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231877855; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/leit90260
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Vincent B. Leitch.

Provides a critical history of American literary theory and practice from the 1930's to the 1980's, discussing the impact of major schools and movements. Examines the social and cultural background to literary research, along with presenting the profiles of major figures and influential texts.