The Biography of "the Idea of Literature" PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General

The Biography of "the Idea of Literature" PHILOSOPHY / Movements / GeneralA comprehensive examination of the meaning, history, and evolution of the basic notion of "literature" from antiquity to the seventeenth century. The "idea of literature" is the very kernel of every literary study; however, this is the first survey of the historical development of this idea. Its purpose is to refute the belief, particularly prevalent in French criticism, that the "idea of literature" only appeared in the eighteenth century, and that

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and Section V contains sociolinguistic studies

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