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This is the first book to examine the precise relationship between pluralism and the production of Western literature and criticism from the eighteenth century to the present. It underscores the historical rather than exclusively epistemological reasons behind what is here called "the rise of literary pluralism." This rise entails, on the one hand, the modern day phenomenon of an ever-increasing number of readings of both canonical and contemporary works of verbal art; and, on the other, our ever-growing body of literature written with an eye towards different types of characters, situations, forms and styles. Reviewing a wide range of authors and thinkers-from German, French and English Romantics to Anglo-American and European poststructuralist theorists-it shows how and why the current literary emphasis on difference derives from an unquestioned allegiance to the notion of cultural pluralism. While never denying the value of the latter, it seeks instead to analyze the oftentimes unquestioned implications of this historically-situated belief within the specific realm of literary studies.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Difference Unbound
• Subtitle: The Rise of Pluralism in Literature and Criticism. 2nd Edition
• Author: Stamos Metzidakis
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276
• EAN: 9789042036260
• ISBN: 9789042036260
• ID: 09012799
• Publisher: Brill
• Weight: 431 g
• Dimensions: 220 × 150 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 2012

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