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ERIC Number: EJ511525
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0994
Truth and Methods.
Dasenbrock, Reed Way
College English, v57 n5 p546-61 Sep 1995
Examines literary theory's displacing of "method" in the New Historicist criticism. Argues that Stephen Greenblatt and Lee Paterson imply that no objective historical truth is possible and as a result do not give methodology its due weight in their criticism. Questions the theory of "truth" advanced in this vein of literary criticism. (TB)
Descriptors: Epistemology, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Literary Theory; New Historicism