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Defining Literary Criticism

"Criticism is the written analysis and evaluation of works of art, including the artifices of literature, and all criticism operates on the level of convention, a mode of procedure mutually agreeable to members of a society; specifically, to a writer and his or her audience." (Turco, Lewis. The Book of Literary Terms : The Genres of Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, and Scholarship. University of New Mexico Press, 2020, p. 117.)

The Work of Reading by Anirudh Sridhar (Editor); Mir Ali Hosseini (Editor); Derek Attridge (Editor)
ISBN: 3030711382

Publication Date: 2021

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 and postcritique, and posits alternatives to the present state of literary studies.
The book of literary terms : the genres of fiction, drama, nonfiction, literary criticism, and scholarship by Lewis Turco
ISBN: 9780826361936

Publication Date: 2020

The much-anticipated second edition of The Book of Literary Terms features new examples and terms to enhance Turco's classic guide that students and scholars have relied on over the years as a definitive resource for the definitions of the major terms, forms, and styles of literature.

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