After the new criticism by Frank Lentricchia - 1980

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Chicago Press, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

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Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1980. vg-. Hardcover. ISBN:0226471977 384 pages; text clean; musty; binding solid; 9" tall .

Chicago: U. Of Chicago, 1980. 384pp. Light soiling & foxing on edges; owner name ffep.; some neat underlining first 15 pages. Dj covers chipped & have several tears. Endnotes & index.. Hb. G+/G+.

Paperback. Good.

The University of Chicago Press 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0226471977 . 384 pages, notes, index. Owner's name and date else Near Fine copy with light spine end bumping in Very good jacket with scattered light wear bx223

IL: Univ of Chicago, 1980. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Good in good dustwrapper. Some ink underlining and margin marks. Edges of spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper spine faded. Shelf rubbing to dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", is bound in white cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book is like new. Dust jacket shows shelfwear, with faded spine panel and wear at edges. xiv/384 pages.
""After the New Criticism" is the first history and evaluation of contemporary American critical theory within its European philosophical contexts. The historical intention of Frank Lentricchia's book is evident in its structure. In the first part, "A Critical Thematics, 1957-1977," Lentricchia analyzes the impact of our critical thought of Frye, Stevens, Kermode, Sartre, Poulet, Heidegger, Saussure, Barthes, Levi-Strauss, Derrida, and Foucault, among others, less central figures. Having exposed the significant themes and problems, and gauged the influence of archetypalist, existentialist, phenomenological, structuralist, and poststructuralist perspectives, the author turns, in the second part, to four exemplary theorists on the American scene -- Murray Krieger, E. D. Hirsch,… Read More

Chicago: University of Chicago Press [0-226-47197-7] 1980. (Trade paperback) Very good plus. 384pp. Notes, index. The spine is faded. "We have long been waiting for a book like Frank Lentricchia's, which undertakes the difficult task of writing the history of that post-contemporary criticism and theory in which we live today. His brilliant and implacable analyses - from Frye to Bloom, passing through structuralism, hermeneutics, semiotics and much besides - consistently hit their bull's-eyes, draw blood, cause pain, spare no one, and can leave no reader concerned with such matters indifferent" - Fredric Jameson. (Ideas, Ideas, Literary Criticism, Literary Theory, Literature, Postmodernism).