TY - BOOK ID - 3487868 TI - The critic in the modern world : public criticism from Samuel Johnson to James Wood AU - Ley, James AU - Bloomsbury Book Auctions PY - 2014 SN - 9781623563738 9781623569310 1623569311 PB - London Bloomsbury Book Auctions DB - UniCat KW - Criticism KW - Literature KW - Social change in literature. KW - Social values in literature. KW - Critics KW - Literature and society. KW - Critique KW - Changement social KW - Valeurs sociales KW - Littérature et société KW - Critiques KW - Sociologie de la littérature KW - History. KW - History and criticism KW - Theory, etc. KW - Attitudes. KW - Public opinion. KW - Dans la littérature KW - Dans mattérature KW - Opinion publique KW - Dans la littérature. KW - Sociologie de la littérature. KW - Dans mattérature. KW - Opinion publique. KW - Social change in literature KW - Social values in literature KW - Literature and society KW - Literature and sociology KW - Society and literature KW - Sociology and literature KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Literary critics KW - Litterateurs KW - Belles-lettres KW - Western literature (Western countries) KW - World literature KW - Philology KW - Authors KW - Authorship KW - Evaluation of literature KW - Literary criticism KW - Rhetoric KW - Aesthetics KW - History KW - History and criticism&delete& KW - Theory, etc KW - Attitudes KW - Public opinion KW - Social aspects KW - Technique KW - Evaluation KW - Critique et interprétation KW - Literature History and criticism KW - Critique et interprétation KW - Littérature et société KW - Sociologie de la littérature. KW - Dans la littérature. KW - Dans mattérature. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3487868 AB - "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". Provided by publisher. ER -