Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism

Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism......Page 1
Acknowledgements......Page 2
Preface......Page 5
I. Introduction......Page 8
1 - Literature......Page 9
2 - Criticism......Page 33
II. Literature and History......Page 72
3 - Medieval Literature and the Medieval World......Page 73
4 - The Renaissance......Page 86
5 - Augustanism......Page 97
6 - Romanticism......Page 110
7 - Modernism......Page 123
8 - Postmodernism......Page 135
III. Poetry......Page 152
9 - Genre......Page 153
10 - Poetry......Page 166
11 - Epic and Romance......Page 179
12 - Lyric......Page 190
13 - Narrative Verse......Page 201
14 - Women and The Poetic Tradition: The Oppressor\'s Language......Page 210
15 - Medieval Poetry......Page 225
16 - Renaissance Poetry......Page 241
17 - \'Augustan\' Poetry......Page 255
18 - Romantic Poetry......Page 267
19 - Victorian Poetry......Page 280
20 - The French Symbolists......Page 297
21 - Modern Poetry......Page 310
22 - British Poetry Since 1945: Poetry and the Historical Moment......Page 323
23 - Contemporary American Poetry......Page 338
IV. Drama......Page 351
24 - Stagecraft......Page 352
25 - Tragedy......Page 364
26 - Comedy......Page 376
27 - Shakespeare......Page 388
28 - Medieval Drama......Page 401
29 - Renaissance Drama......Page 414
30 - Restoration Theatre......Page 425
31 - The Origins of the Modern British Stage......Page 437
32 - Theories of Modern Drama......Page 452
33 - The Theatre of the Absurd......Page 465
34 - Theatre and Politics......Page 476
35 - Feminist Theatre......Page 489
V. The Novel......Page 503
36 - Modes of Eighteenth-Century Fiction......Page 504
37 - Feminine Fictions......Page 517
38 - The Historical Novel......Page 530
39 - The Nineteenth-Century Social Novel in England......Page 543
40 - The Realist Novel: The European Context......Page 553
41 - Realism and the English Novel......Page 564
42 - American Romance......Page 575
43 - Formalism and the Novel: Henry James......Page 588
44 - The Novel and Modern Criticism......Page 601
45 - The Modernist Novel in the Twentieth Century......Page 618
46 - British Fiction Since 1930......Page 630
47 - Contemporary Fiction......Page 642
VI. Criticism......Page 650
48 - Biblical Hermeneutics......Page 651
49 - Neo-Classical Criticism......Page 664
50 - The Romantic Critical Tradition......Page 680
51 - Great Traditions: The Logic of the Canon......Page 694
52 - Marxist Criticism......Page 706
53 - The New Criticism......Page 719
54 - Structuralism and Post-Structuralism: From the Centre to the Margin......Page 734
55 - Feminist Literary Criticism: \'New Colours and Shadows\'......Page 748
56 - Psychoanalytic Criticism......Page 762
57 - Deconstruction......Page 775
58 - New Historicism......Page 789
VII. Production and Reception......Page 804
59 - Production and Reception of the Literary Book......Page 805
60 - The Printed Book......Page 821
61 - Literacy......Page 833
62 - Publishing Before 1800......Page 844
63 - Publishing Since 1800......Page 858
64 - British Periodicals and Reading Publics......Page 872
65 - Libraries and the Reading Public......Page 885
66 - Censorship......Page 897
67 - The Bibliographic Record......Page 911
68 - The Institutionalization of Literature: The University......Page 922
VIII. Contexts......Page 935
69 - Literature and the History of Ideas......Page 936
70 - Literature and the Bible......Page 946
71 - Literature and the Classics......Page 959
72 - Folk Literature......Page 971
73 - Literature and the Visual Arts......Page 986
74 - Literature and Music......Page 999
75 - Literature and Landscape......Page 1010
76 - The Sentimental Ethic......Page 1024
77 - The Gothic......Page 1039
78 - Aestheticism......Page 1050
79 - Literature and Science......Page 1063
80 - Literature and Language......Page 1077
81 - Culture and Popular Culture: The Politics of Photopoetry......Page 1093
IX. Perspectives......Page 1105
82 - New English Literatures......Page 1106
83 - African Literature in English......Page 1118
84 - The African-American Literary Tradition......Page 1129
85 - Australian Literature and the British Tradition......Page 1141
86 - Canadian Literature......Page 1155
87 - Indian Literature in English......Page 1169
88 - New Zealand and Pacific Literature......Page 1179
89 - West Indian Literature......Page 1191
90 - Western Literature in Modern Chna......Page 1203
X. Afterword......Page 1211
W(h)ither \'English\'?......Page 1212
The Contributors......Page 1228
Index......Page 1231