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Comparative Poetics: An Intercultural Essay on Theories of Literature

by Earl Roy Miner
RM67.00 MYR
Comparative Poetics: An Intercultural Essay on Theories of Literature
Comparative Poetics: An Intercultural Essay on Theories of Literature

Intercultural insights on literature's foundational theories.

You seem to be someone who appreciates not just literature, but also the varying lenses through which it's analyzed. 'Comparative Poetics' by Earl Miner offers an intriguing journey across cultural boundaries, dissecting how different societies have conceived the very idea of literature. It'll challenge the way you understand genres and could offer you a fresh, more globally informed perspective on poetics. If you're keen on delving into the depths of literary theory with a multicultural twist, this book awaits your curious mind.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Comparative Poetics: An Intercultural Essay on Theories of Literature

by Earl Roy Miner
RM67.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9780691014906
Authors: Earl Roy Miner
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date of Publication: 1990-10-03
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy
Related Topics: Theory
Goodreads rating: 3.75
(rated by 8 readers)

Description

Comparative literature, Earl Miner writes, clearly involves something more than comparing two great German poets, and something different from a Chinese studying French literature or a Russian studying Italian literature. But what would a true intercultural poetics be? This work proposes various ways to study something other than what are, all things considered, the short and simple annals of one cultural parish at one historic moment. The first developed account of theories of literature from an intercultural standpoint, the book shows that an originative or foundational poetics develops in cultures with explicit poetics when critics define the nature and conditions of literature in terms of the then most esteemed genre—drama, lyric, or narrative. Earl Miner demonstrates that these definitions and inferences from them constitute useful bases for comparative poetics.
 

Intercultural insights on literature's foundational theories.

You seem to be someone who appreciates not just literature, but also the varying lenses through which it's analyzed. 'Comparative Poetics' by Earl Miner offers an intriguing journey across cultural boundaries, dissecting how different societies have conceived the very idea of literature. It'll challenge the way you understand genres and could offer you a fresh, more globally informed perspective on poetics. If you're keen on delving into the depths of literary theory with a multicultural twist, this book awaits your curious mind.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.