New Formalisms and Literary Theory

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New Formalisms and Literary Theory by Verena Theile, Linda Tredennick
2013 | ISBN: 1137010487 | English | 296 pages | PDF | 1 MB

New Formalisms and Literary Theory examines the political motivations of a return to formalism. Together with our contributors, we want to propose and challenge the conception of New Formalism as an extension of contextual readings and as a 'mere' return to aesthetic readings. The essays gathered here encourage reflection upon New Formalism's points of intersection with other theoretical approaches and demand a reinstatement of form as the critic's central focus, form, that is, as it reflects a culture's creative imagination and historicizes itself within and against a politically charged background.