The Ethics of Criticism:

Tobin Siebers asserts that literary criticism is essentially a form of ethics. The Ethics of Criticism investigates the moral character of contemporary literary theory, assessing a wide range of theoretical approaches in terms of both the ethical presuppositions underlying the critical claims and th...

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Beteilige Person: Siebers, Tobin (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press [2018]
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Links:https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501721410
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501721410
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501721410
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501721410
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501721410
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501721410
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501721410
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501721410
Zusammenfassung:Tobin Siebers asserts that literary criticism is essentially a form of ethics. The Ethics of Criticism investigates the moral character of contemporary literary theory, assessing a wide range of theoretical approaches in terms of both the ethical presuppositions underlying the critical claims and the attitudes fostered by the approaches. Building on analyses of the moral legacies of Plato, Kant, Nietzsche, and Freud, Siebers identifies the various fronts on which the concerns of critical theory impinge on those of ethics
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Jun 2018)
Umfang:1 online resource
ISBN:9781501721410