The Theory of Literary Criticism

The Theory of Literary CriticismThe Theory of Literary Criticism: A Logical Analysis by John M. Ellis argues that modern debates about what criticism should do have stagnated since the mid century syntheses, breeding a climate of wise eclecticism that shrinks theorys scope to ad hoc judgment. Ellis contends this posture is a practical stopgap, not a theory: if critics switch methods case by case, theory must still explain which distinctions justify those switches. He traces the

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