A History of Literary Criticism and Theory

A guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day. An overview of the major movements, figures and texts of literary criticism. The cultural, historical, and philosophical background which enables students to see literary criticism in context. Starting with a comprehensive section on classical literary criticism, Habib shows how the central philosop...

A guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day. An overview of the major movements, figures and texts of literary criticism. The cultural, historical, and philosophical background which enables students to see literary criticism in context. Starting with a comprehensive section on classical literary criticism, Habib shows how the central philosophical principles of Plato and Aristotle not only underlie their specific comments on literature, but also lay out the foundations and categories of much subsequent Western thought. Similarly, for each subsequent period, the book combines background information, whether on the philosophy of Locke, the history of the French Revolution, the political theories of Marx and Engels, or Freud's views on civilization, with coverage of the major figures and texts of literary-critical thought.

M. A. R. 哈比布 罗格斯大学（Rutgers University）英语系副教授。近年来，他出版了《早期的T. S. 艾略特与西方哲学》（1999）等著作。他还发表和提交过论述柏拉图、亚里士多德、贺拉斯、康德、黑格尔、叔本华、马克思、伯格森、巴特和德里达等人的论文。