A future for criticism - Belsey, Catherine. 4 0 16; 5 (Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
Machine generated contents note: 1.Pleasure: Have we neglected it? Fiction for pleasure The case of tragedy The English curriculum Cries of joy `Aesthetic' pleasure The Pleasure of the Text Modernist unpleasure Gaiety 2.Piety: Haven't we overdone it? Criticism on the defensive Classic defences The advent of theory Law The superego Neurosis Complacency Culture and Anarchy Artefacts and pleasure Critical writing 3.Biography: Friend or foe? Life and art Biography in theory What the authors say New Historicism Shakespeare's life Fact or fiction? Shakespeare's memory Romance The death of the reader 4.Realism: Do we overrate it? A disputed value The default genre Imitation Insight Totalization Suspicion Objections The radical view Recuperation A counter-example 5.Culture: What do we mean by it? Cultural criticism Twin perils Culture as meanings Contents note continued: Meanwhile, in Paris Anthropology Another culture Perils circumvented Work to do 6.History: Do we do it justice? Official usage Cultural difference History and criticism Customary knowledge Dissonance An example The old historicism Criticism as cultural history The uses of criticism Critical skills 7.Desire: A force to reckon with Pleasure revisited Orpheus Loss The desire of the protagonist Stand-ins The desire of the reader The desire of the text Substitution Pacification Defiance Breaking the rules And so... Criticism.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: 2 -- 0; 6; History and criticism;Theory, etc. -- Fiction;Criticism. -- 20; 20; 2