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020			_a9788125030089
082			_a801.95 _bNAG/E
100			_aNagarajan, M.S.
245			_aEnglish literary criticism and theory: an introductory history
260			_aHyderabad _bOrient Blackswan _c2008
300			_a312p.
520			_aThe book is a history of Western literary criticism and a general introduction to the subject of literary criticism and theory. It follows the survey approach, discussing English literary critics in a historical-chronological order. It is primarily designed to serve as a text/reference book for undergraduate and postgraduate students in Indian universities and colleges. The book deals with the critical texts that are prescribed for study in many M.A (English) courses in India. One section of the book surveys the contribution made by the ancient critics since knowledge of classical criticism is essential for an understanding of later developments. Another section (sixteenth to twentieth century) takes for close examination, individually, such of those critics as are prescribed in the curricula of M.A. courses in Indian universities and colleges. The last section on Contemporary Criticism, examines all the movements, with special emphasis on theorists who have initiated these movements. The section, ‘A Glossary of Critical Terms,’ gives short explanatory notes on critical terms with which a student is expected to be familiar. The Select Bibliography lists important works on criticism which can be consulted for further reading and research.
650			_aLiterary criticism
942			_cBK
999			_c39060 _d39060