Social Values and Poetic Acts

Jerome J. McGann

Published by Harvard University Press 1988

Social Values and Poetic Acts

The Historical Judgment of Literary Work

Jerome J. McGann

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674180772

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. A NEW JERUSALEM: THE HISTORICAL WORK OF IMAGINATION
1. PLATO AND THE DIALECTIC OF CRITICISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. BLAKE AND THE AESTHETICS OF DELIBERATE ENGAGEMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3. THE DAWN OF THE INCOMMENSURATE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
4. POETIC IDEOLOGY AND NONNORMATIVE TRUTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
PART II. ADVERSE WHEELS: LITERATURE AND THE WORK OF KNOWING
5. BEGINNING AGAIN: LITERARY STUDIES AND THE CRISIS OF LEGITIMATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
6. THE SCANDAL OF REFERENTIALITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
7. SOME FORMS OF CRITICAL DISCOURSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
8. THE IDEA OF AN INDETERMINATE TEXT: BLAKE'S BIBLE OF HELL AND DR. ALEXANDER GEDDES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
9. ULYSSES AS A POSTMODERN WORK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
PART III. LITERATURE AND THE FUTURE OF HISTORY
10. CONTEMPORARY POETRY, ALTERNATE ROUTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
11. THE THIRD WORLD OF CRITICISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
CONCLUSION: THE LOSS OF POETRY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 279
Illustrations
- Other: 1 halftone
Keywords: Criticism.; Literature -- Criticism

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674180772

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1988
ISBN: 9780674180765