New Formalist Criticism defines and theorizes a mode of formalist criticism that is theoretically compatible with current thinking about literature and theory. New formalism anticipates a move in literary studies back towards the text and, in so doing, establishes itself as one of the most exciting areas of contemporary critical theory.
New Formalist Criticism defines and theorizes a mode of formalist criticism that is theoretically compatible with current thinking about literature and theory. New formalism anticipates a move in literary studies back towards the text and, in so doing, establishes itself as one of the most exciting areas of contemporary critical theory.
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Method, Meaning, Formalism 2. Old and New Formalisms 3. New Formalist Interpretation 4. Textual Infatuation, True Infatuation Coda: New Formalisms Bibliography Index