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Versions of the Past — Visions of the Future

The Canonical in the Criticism of T. S. Eliot, F. R. Leavis, Northrop Frye and Harold Bloom

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  1. Lars Ole Sauerberg
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Lars Ole Sauerberg
    Pages 1-3

  3. Canons in the Making

    • Lars Ole Sauerberg
    Pages 4-27

  4. T. S. Eliot: The Constant Modification of Tradition

    • Lars Ole Sauerberg
    Pages 28-63

  5. F. R. Leavis: Elitist in Pursuit of Common Values

    • Lars Ole Sauerberg
    Pages 64-98

  6. Northrop Frye: The Grand Vision of a Liberal-Arts Education

    • Lars Ole Sauerberg
    Pages 99-127

  7. Harold Bloom: Swerving into Ever-Renewed Strength

    • Lars Ole Sauerberg
    Pages 128-164

  8. Literary History, Criticism and Canon

    • Lars Ole Sauerberg
    Pages 165-185

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 186-216
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About this book

With the canon debate, prominent in literary criticism since the early 1970s, as the sounding board, the study aims at investigating and discussing in critical perspective the function of considerations to do with canon for literary criticism at the formation stage. It focuses on the interaction between a critic's canonical preferences ('versions of the past') and his desire for improved cultural and/or aesthetic conditions ('visions of the future') in the criticism of Eliot, Leavis, Frye and Bloom.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Versions of the Past — Visions of the Future

  • Book Subtitle: The Canonical in the Criticism of T. S. Eliot, F. R. Leavis, Northrop Frye and Harold Bloom

  • Authors: Lars Ole Sauerberg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25030-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Lars Ole Sauerberg 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-56474-5Published: 29 October 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-25032-5Published: 12 January 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-25030-1Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 216

  • Topics: Twentieth-Century Literature

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