The Ethics of Criticism
Tobin Siebers asserts that literary criticism is essentially a form of ethics. The Ethics of Criticism investigates the moral character of contemporary literary theory, assessing a wide range of theoretical approaches in terms of both the ethical presuppositions underlying the critical claims and th...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
1990
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| Summary: | Tobin Siebers asserts that literary criticism is essentially a form of ethics. The Ethics of Criticism investigates the moral character of contemporary literary theory, assessing a wide range of theoretical approaches in terms of both the ethical presuppositions underlying the critical claims and the attitudes fostered by the approaches. Building on analyses of the moral legacies of Plato, Kant, Nietzsche, and Freud, Siebers identifies the various fronts on which the concerns of critical theory impinge on those of ethics. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (264 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9vz9-1k20 9781501721410 9780801497124 9780801421280 9781501721427 9781501728112 |
| Access: | Open Access |