Tag: Criticism

Free Download The New Modernist Novel: Criticism and the Task of Reading by Elizabeth Pender
English | September 30, 2024 | ISBN: 1474461484 | True EPUB | 256 pages | 0.5 MB
Reconsiders the historical connections between modernism and close reading and argues that new modernist fiction can bring with it new modes of reading

Free Download Harry W. Smart, "Criticism and Public Rationality: Professional Rigidity and the Search for Caring Government"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 041561354X | EPUB | pages: 236 | 0.8 mb
Criticism is at the heart of any political discussion, and criticism of old policies is central to the development of new ones. In its analysis of political decision-making, this reissue, first published in 1991, examines the principles which control the process of policy criticism. It identifies two fundamental and related obstacles to this process: the privileged status accorded to ‘professional judgement’ and the conflicting philosophical ideas that shape political argument. Based on the study of Europe’s largest local authority, the book presents a theory of decision-making that can be applied to institutions at all levels.

Free Download Terry Eagleton, "Walter Benjamin: Or, Towards a Revolutionary Criticism"
English | ISBN: 1804296163 | 2024 | 208 pages | EPUB | 386 KB
From our finest radical literary analyst, a classic study of the great philosopher and cultural theorist.

Free Download Gary Day, "Literary Criticism: A New History"
English | 2008 | pages: 353 | ISBN: 0748615636, 0748641424 | PDF | 1,5 mb
A THE Book of the WeekHow many people know that Aristotle thought the best tragedies were those which ended happily? Or that the first mention of the motor car in literature may have been in 1791 in Boswell’s Life of Johnson? Or that it was not unknown in the nineteenth century for book reviews to be 30,000 words long!These are just a few of the fascinating facts to be found in this absorbing history of literary criticism. From the Ancient Greek period to the present day you learn about critics’ lives, the times in which they lived and how the same problems of interpretation and valuation persist through the ages. In this lively and engaging book, Gary Day questions whether the ‘theory wars’ of recent years have lost sight of literature itself, and makes surprising connections between criticism and a range of subjects, including the rise of money.General readers will appreciate this informative, intriguing and often provocative account of the history of literary criticism; students will value the clear way in which it puts criticism into context; and academics will enjoy getting to grips with this challenge to the prevailing view about the nature of current theory. Key Features:*The author is a well-known writer and critic, and has been a regular contributor to the Times Higher*Integrates a wide range of writers, critics and texts into a continuous history*Passionately defends the idea of the ‘literary’

Free Download Xu Yuechun, "Essentials of Chinese Literature and Art Criticism Volume I"
English | ISBN: 9819776473 | 2024 | 399 pages | EPUB, PDF | 5 MB + 4 MB
This book offers a detailed analysis of China’s original view of literature and art theory and critical practice from the ancient to the modern period, providing views on dancing, image making, the circulation of artifacts, critical theory, creative writing, art design, aesthetic, cyber arts, photography, etc. This book makes visible the traditional Chinese ideas, philosophy and practices on literature and art in the world and contributes to the diversity of current international literary and art studies. All 15 chapters are translations of selected high-quality original theoretical contributions on Chinese literary and art theory published in prestigious peer-reviewed Chinese journals, whose authors are established scholars in Chinese academia.

Free Download Joel S. Baden, "Source Criticism "
English | ISBN: 1666764094 | 2024 | 156 pages | EPUB | 660 KB
Source criticism has been at the center of biblical studies for the last two centuries. In that time, it has produced a wide range of theories and approaches, often conflicting. This book provides a concise overview of the major approaches and positions in the field, helping the reader understand where scholarship has been and where it currently stands, and situating each major development within its broader intellectual and social context.

Free Download Language in Literature (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory)
by Jonathan Locke Hart
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032689277 | 255 Pages | True PDF | 10.7 MB

Free Download Anne H. Stevens, "Literary Theory and Criticism: An Introduction – Second Edition Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 1554815371 | 2021 | 320 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Literary Theory and Criticism: An Introduction provides an accessible overview of major figures and movements in literary theory and criticism from antiquity to the twenty-first century. It is designed for students at the undergraduate level or for others needing a broad synthesis of the long history of literary theory. An introductory chapter provides an overview of some of the major issues within literary theory and criticism; further chapters survey theory and criticism in antiquity, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the nineteenth century. For twentieth- and twenty-first-century theory, the discussion is subdivided into separate chapters on formalist, historicist, political, and psychoanalytic approaches.

Free Download Karin Finsterbusch, "The Comparative Textual Criticism of Religious Scriptures "
English | ISBN: 9004691758 | 2024 | 232 pages | PDF | 8 MB
This collection of articles uniquely brings into scholarly dialogue the textual history and criticism of authoritative literatures from diverse cultures: they study Mesopotamian literature, the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Homeric epics, the Quran, and Hindu and Buddhist literatures with an interest in all matters of the textual transmission.

Free Download Placing Movies: The Practice of Film Criticism by Jonathan Rosenbaum
English | May 10, 1995 | ISBN: 0520086325, 0520086333 | True EPUB | 348 pages | 4.8 MB
Jonathan Rosenbaum, longtime contributor to such publications as Film Quarterly, Sight and Sound, and The Village Voice, is arguably the most eloquent, insightful film critic writing in America today. Placing Movies, the first collection of his work, gathers together thirty of his most distinctive and illuminating pieces. Written over a span of twenty-one years, these essays cover an extraordinarily broad range of films—from Hollywood blockbusters to foreign art movies to experimental cinema. They include not just reviews but perceptive commentary on directors, actors, and trends; and thoughtful analysis of the practice of film criticism.