Historical Criticism and the Meaning of Texts
Regular price
€44.99
A01=J. R. de J. Jackson
Author_J. R. de J. Jackson
Battle Of Waterloo
British Library's Holdings
Category=DS
Category=DSA
Category=DSB
contextual reading
Criticism
Direct Knowledge
Eighteenth Century Environment
Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Follow
Greatest Artistic Importance
hermeneutics
Historical Criticism
historical interpretation methods
History
Hold
Inclined
Indirect Knowledge
Indirect Observation
interpretive strategies
Linguistic Interpretation
Literary Environment
literary historiography
literary theory
Literature
Meaning
National Libraries
Negative Certainties
Nineteenth Century Environment
Paradise Lost
Past Environment
Primitive Epics
Provincial Readers
Renaissance Drama
semantic analysis
Semiotics
Traditional Literary History
Work Ofliterature
Worthwhile
Product details
- ISBN 9781138683457
- Weight: 90g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 09 Jan 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
In this original and significant contribution to literary controversy, first published in 1989, Professor Jackson argues on semantic grounds that historical criticism, which he defines as the attempt to read works of literature and criticism as they were read when they were new, is a necessary preliminary to other ways of approaching the literature of the past. He distinguishes between the difficulties inherent in the practice of historical critics and the problems encountered by historians. Historical criticism as he describes it is an ideal that has yet to be attained and he explores strategies for coming closer to it. This title will be of interest to students of literature.
