Description
A Future for Criticism considers why fiction gives so much pleasure, and the neglect of this issue in contemporary criticism.
About the Author
Catherine Belsey is a research professor in English at Swansea University, UK. Her principal publications include Shakespeare in Theory and Practice (2008), Why Shakespeare? (2007), Critical Practice (1980, 2002), Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction (2002) and Desire: Love Stories in Western Culture (1994).
Reviews
"The unbuttoned directness of this little book is invigorating." - Jean E. Howard (Shakespeare Studies, 2013)
"A Future for Criticism issues a challenge to critics that really amounts to having the courage of our convictions and sticking to what we're good at, resisting the encroachments of history and psychology, and having 'confidence in the independent capabilities of criticism' (76) ... Belsey's book is a positive pleasure to read." (Transnational Literature, November 2011)
"Laudably eschewing jargon, she draws up a very readable manifesto for change in critical practice which would require critics to be more reflective about the pleasure of reading fiction and attending plays . . . nevertheless, the front she has chosen on which to examine a new direction for literary and/or cultural criticism is timely and compelling, and her argument made with verve and originality." (Suite101.com, 4 April 2011)
Book Information
ISBN 9781405169578
Author Catherine Belsey
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 399g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 16mm
- Offers a brief, lively, and accessible account of a new direction for critical practice, from one of Britain's most prominent literary theorists and critics
- Proposes a new path for future criticism, more open to reflecting on the pleasures of fiction
- Written in a clear, jargon-free style, and illustrated throughout with numerous examples
About the Author
Catherine Belsey is a research professor in English at Swansea University, UK. Her principal publications include Shakespeare in Theory and Practice (2008), Why Shakespeare? (2007), Critical Practice (1980, 2002), Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction (2002) and Desire: Love Stories in Western Culture (1994).
Reviews
"The unbuttoned directness of this little book is invigorating." - Jean E. Howard (Shakespeare Studies, 2013)
"A Future for Criticism issues a challenge to critics that really amounts to having the courage of our convictions and sticking to what we're good at, resisting the encroachments of history and psychology, and having 'confidence in the independent capabilities of criticism' (76) ... Belsey's book is a positive pleasure to read." (Transnational Literature, November 2011)
"Laudably eschewing jargon, she draws up a very readable manifesto for change in critical practice which would require critics to be more reflective about the pleasure of reading fiction and attending plays . . . nevertheless, the front she has chosen on which to examine a new direction for literary and/or cultural criticism is timely and compelling, and her argument made with verve and originality." (Suite101.com, 4 April 2011)
Book Information
ISBN 9781405169578
Author Catherine Belsey
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 399g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 16mm
