Imitation (Routledge Revivals)

ISBN-13: 9781138808652 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 232 str.

Joel Weinsheimer

Opis

In this book, first published in 1984, Joel Weinsheimer advocates revitalizing the practice of imitating literature as a mode appropriate for literary critics as well as artists. Applying arguments from philosophy of science, deconstruction, psycho-analysis, literary theory, semiotics and hermeneutics, Weinsheimer shows that the three main currents of thought responsible for forcing imitation underground were empiricism, originalism and historicism. The three central chapters of the book concentrate on their representatives: John Locke, Edward Young and Thomas Warton.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments;  Introduction;  1. Pause awhile from letters to be wise: empiricism  2. Once more, Democritus: originalism  3. And Swift expires a driv’ler and a show: historicism;  Conclusion;  Notes;  Bibliography of influences

O autorze

Weinsheimer, Joel