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Romanticism, nationalism, and the revolt against theory
| 責任表示 | David Simpson |
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| データ種別 | 図書 |
| 出版情報 | Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1993 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | ix, 243 p. ; 24 cm |
| 概要 | Why has Anglo-American culture for so long regarded "theory" with intense suspicion? In this important contribution to the history of critical theory, David Simpson argues that a nationalist myth unde...lies contemporary attacks on theory. Theory's antagonists, Simpson shows, invoke the same criteria of common sense and national solidarity as did the British intellectuals who rebelled against "theory" and "method" during the French Revolution. Simpson demonstrates the close association between "theory" and "method" and shows that by the mid-eighteenth century, "method" had acquired distinctly subversive associations in England. Attributed increasingly to the French and the Germans, "method" paradoxically evoked images both of inhuman rationality and unbridled sentimentality; in either incarnation, it was seen as a threat to what was claimed to be authentically British. Simpson develops these paradigms in relation to feminism, the gendering of Anglo-American culture, and the emergence of literature and literary criticism as antitheoretical discourses. He then looks at the Romantic poets' response to this confining ideology of the cultural role of literature. Finally, Simpson considers postmodern theory's claims for the radical energy of nonrational or antirationalist positions. This is an essential book not only for students of the Romantic period and intellectual historians concerned with the idea of "method," but for anyone interested in the historical background of today's debates over the excesses and possibilities of "theory." Why has Anglo-American culture for so long regarded "theory" with intense suspicion? In this important contribution to the history of critical theory, David Simpson argues that a nationalist myth underlies contemporary attacks on theory. Theory's antagonists, Simpson shows, invoke the same criteria of common sense and national solidarity as did the British intellectuals who rebelled against "theory" and "method" during the French Revolution. Simpson demonstrates the close association between "theory" and "method" and shows that by the mid-eighteenth century, "method" had acquired distinctly subversive associations in England. Attributed increasingly to the French and the Germans, "method" paradoxically evoked images both of inhuman rationality and unbridled sentimentality; in either incarnation, it was seen as a threat to what was claimed to be authentically British. Simpson develops these paradigms in relation to feminism, the gendering of Anglo-American culture, and the emergence of literature and literary criticism as antitheoretical discourses. He then looks at the Romantic poets' response to this confining ideology of the cultural role of literature. Finally, Simpson considers postmodern theory's claims for the radical energy of nonrational or antirationalist positions. This is an essential book not only for students of the Romantic period and intellectual historians concerned with the idea of "method," but for anyone interested in the historical background of today's debates over the excesses and possibilities of "theory." 続きを見る |
所蔵情報
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: pbk | 中央図 1A | 930.2/Si 7/58930393 | 1993 |
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068582193003934 |
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書誌詳細
| 一般注記 | Bibliography: p. 213-235 Includes index |
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| 著者標目 | *Simpson, David, 1951- |
| 件 名 | LCSH:English literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
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LCSH:Great Britain -- Civilization -- European influences 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Criticism -- Great Britain -- History 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Romanticism -- Great Britain 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Nationalism -- Great Britain 全ての件名で検索 |
| 分 類 | LCC:PR21 DC20:820.9 |
| 書誌ID | 1000059813 |
| ISBN | 0226759458 |
| NCID | BA20357802 |
| 巻冊次 | : hbk ; ISBN:0226759458 : pbk ; ISBN:0226759466 |
| 登録日 | 2009.09.10 |
| 更新日 | 2009.09.10 |