The business of criticism

Helen Louise Gardner

first published 1959 Clarendon Press, 1959 157 pages

Oxford paperbacks — book 72

This collects two sets of lectures Ms. Gardner gave in her career. The first series, "The Profession of a Critic," was given at the University of London in 1953. The second series, "The Limits of Literary Criticism," was given at King's College, Newcastle, in 1956, the Riddell Memorial Lectures for that year. Ms. Gardner provides a helpful view on literary criticism in the middle of the 20th century, and presents per...

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Business of Criticism edition · 2021 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 180 pages · 9781013739934
Business of Criticism edition · 2021 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 9781014308269
Business of Criticism edition · 1982 · Century Bookbindery · 9780899849096
The business of criticism. edition · 1963 · Oxford University Press · 157 pages
The business of criticism edition · 1959 · Clarendon Press · 157 pages

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