TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ley,James
TI  - The critic in the modern world: public criticism from Samuel Johnson to James Wood 
SN  - 9781623563738 (HB)
U1  - 801.950941 
PY  - 2014///,
CY  - New York
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Criticism
KW  - History
KW  - Literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Theory, etc
KW  - Social change in literature
KW  - Social values in literature
KW  - Critics
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Literature and society
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / General
N1  - Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction1. A Degree of Insanity: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)2. Fire from the Flint: William Hazlitt (1778-1830)3. A Thyestea;n Banquet of Clap-Trap: Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)4. The Principles of Modern Heresy: T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)5. 'I do like the West and wish it would stop declining': Lionel Trilling (1905-1975)6. The Secular Wood: James Wood (1965- )PostscriptBibliographyIndex
N2  - "The Critic in the Modern World explores the work of six influential literary critics--Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, Matthew Arnold, T.S. Eliot, Lionel Trilling and James Wood--each of whom occupies a distinct historical moment. It considers how these representative critics have constructed their public personae, the kinds of arguments they have used, and their core principles and philosophies. Spanning three hundred years of cultural history, The Critic in the Modern World considers the various ways in which literary critics have positioned themselves in relation to the modern tradition of descriptive criticism. In providing a lucid account of each critic's core principles and philosophies, it considers the role of the literary critic as a public figure, interpreting him as someone who is compelled to address the wider issues of individualism and the social implications of the democratising, secularising, liberalising forces of modernity"--; "Explores the work of six influential literary critics, across three centuries, in order to consider the role of the literary critic as a public figure"--
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