Pleasure and Change - The Aesthetics of Canon (Paperback, New edition)

The question of the canon has been the subject of debate in academic circles for over fifteen years. Pleasure and Change contains two lectures on this important subject by the distinguished literary critic Sir Frank Kermode. In essays that were originally delivered as Tanner Lectures at Berkeley in November of 2001, Kermode reinterprets the question of canon formation in light of two related and central notions: pleasure and change. He asks how aesthetic pleasure informs what we find valuable, and how this perception changes over time. Kermode also explores the role of chance, observing the connections between canon formation and unintentional and sometimes even random circumstance. Geoffrey Hartmann (Yale University), John Guillory (New York University), and Carey Perloff (director of the American Conservatory Theatre) offer incisive comments on these essays, to which Kermode responds in a lively rejoinder. The volume begins with a helpful introduction by Robert Alter. The result is a stimulating and accessible discussion of a highly significant cultural debate.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Berkeley Tanner Lectures
Release date:	July 2006
First published:	June 2006
Authors:	Frank Kermode (Professor)
Editors:	Robert Alter (Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature)
Dimensions:	195 x 129 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	112
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-530935-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-530935-9
Barcode:	9780195309355

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