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Literature Synopsis

This introductory volume provides an overview of the history of Literature as a cultural concept, and reflects on the contemporary nature, place and function of what the literary might mean for us today. Literature:
* offers a concise history of the canonic concept of 'literature' from its earliest origins
* illustrates the kinds of theoretical issues which are currently invoked by the term 'literary'
* provides a definition of the 'literary' for the twenty-first century
With Literature Peter Widdowson provides a thought-provoking essay on the contemporary relevance of the 'literary' for students.

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ISBN: 9780415169134
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Author: Peter Widdowson
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 229 pages
Series: The New Critical Idiom
Genres: Literary theory
Literary studies: general

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