The literary historian will always do well to nurse a certain scepticism about the thoroughness with which he may be penetrating the secret of his documents. But then he has to worry too about an opposite danger of being merely and overly sceptical. There are techniques of caution and neutrality which put the historian somewhat in the position of the student who, having his difficulties with a Latin or German reading examination, is content to put down a translation that does not make sense. He writes as if he is not convinced that the foreign language does make sense.
This book both grows out of and illustrates and contributes to a certain distinct point of view. In fact it may reasonably be termed 'An Argumentative History of Literary Argument...
Specifications | Descriptions |
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ISBN | 9788120417625 |
Year | 2017 |
Binding | Paperback |
Subject | NA |
Pages | 755 |
Weight | 0.702 |
Readership | NA |
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