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The making of the English literary canon : from the Middle Ages to the late eighteenth century /

It is widely accepted among literary scholars that canon-formation began in the eighteenth century when scholarly editions and critical treatments of older works, designed to educate readers about the national literary heritage, appeared for the first time. In The Making of the English Literary Cano...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ross, Trevor Thornton, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1998]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Early gestures
  • 2. Albion's Parnassus and the professional author
  • 3. The uses of the dead
  • 4. Value into knowledge
  • 5. The fall of Apollo
  • 6. Reading the canon
  • 7. A basis for criticism
  • Epilogue : how poesy became literature.