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The business of criticism

by Helen Gardner

Bringing together two lecture series from 1953 and 1956, this volume analyses mid-twentieth-century literary criticism. It examines the proper role and limits of the critic, advocating for an approach that illuminates and guides the reader's enjoyment of literature.

Accession 24377 ISBN — Publisher Oxford University Press
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