The Function of Criticism AUTH-10904012 ISBN13: 9781498208703

ISBN13: 9781498208703

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The Function of Criticism AUTH-10904012 ISBN13: 9781498208703This wide ranging book argues that criticism emerged in early bourgeois society as a central feature of a "public sphere" in which political, ethical, and literary judgements could mingle under the benign rule of reason. The disintegration of this fragile culture brought on a crisis in criticism, whose history since the 18th century has been fraught with ambivalence and anxiety. Eagleton's account embraces Addison and Steele, Johnson and the 19