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Literature as system : essays toward the theory of literary history /

Writing in the tradition of Ortega y Gasset's History as a System and Saussure's linguistic model, Claudio Guill n proposes a structural approach to literary history.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available...

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Main Authors: Guillen, Claudio
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J. :
Publication Dates: [2015]
©2015
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Aufsatzsammlung.
Literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Literature > Theory, etc.
Literaturgeschichte (Fach)
Literaturgeschichtsschreibung.
Litt rature - Histoire et critique - Th orie, etc.
Litt rature > Histoire et critique > Th orie, etc.
Theorie.
Literary Studies.
Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft.
Semiotics, other.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400869275
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Summary: Writing in the tradition of Ortega y Gasset's History as a System and Saussure's linguistic model, Claudio Guill n proposes a structural approach to literary history.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(544pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781400869275
Index Number: PN441
CLC: I06
Contents: Frontmatter --
Acknowledgments --
CONTENTS --
Introduction --
1. The Aesthetics of Literary Influence --
2. A Note on Influences and Conventions --
3. Toward a Definition of the Picaresque --
4. On the Uses of Literary Genre --
5. Genre and Counter genre: The Discovery of the Picaresque --
6. Literature as Historical Contradiction: El Abencerraje, the Moorish Novel, and the Eclogue --
7. Stylistics of Silence --
8. On The Concept and Metaphor of Perspective --
9. Literature as System --
10. Second Thoughts on Literary Periods --
11. On the Object of Literary Change --
INDEX.

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