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Historical Criticism and the Meaning of Texts

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Historical Criticism and the Meaning of Texts book

Historical Criticism and the Meaning of Texts

DOI link for Historical Criticism and the Meaning of Texts

Historical Criticism and the Meaning of Texts book

ByJ. R. de J. Jackson
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1989
eBook Published 19 August 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315544489
Pages 186 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315544489
SubjectsLanguage & Literature
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Jackson, J. (1989). Historical Criticism and the Meaning of Texts. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315544489

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|28 pages

TRIANGLES OF INTERPRETATION

chapter 2|26 pages

DISPLACED ENVIRONMENTS

chapter 3|29 pages

KNOWLEDGES OF THE PAST

chapter 4|25 pages

STRATEGIES

chapter 5|35 pages

THE RELATIONSHIP OF HISTORICAL CRITICISM TO SOME ALTERNATIVE MODES

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