{"product_id":"1432895","title":"Literature by Peter Widdowson","description":"Literature,the latest volume in the highly successfulNew Critical Idiomseries, is at once a compact mine of information about the development and more recent discrediting of the concept of 'literature,' and a reflection on the contemporary nature, place and function of what the literary might mean for us today. Comprehensive in scope, it offers a concise history of the consitution of a canonic concept of 'literature' from its earliest origins to the orthodoxies that occurred through the later nineteenth-century to the middle of the twentieth. It also traces its dismantling from the late-60s onward. Finally, the book attemps to recuperate a notion of 'the literary' by way of a series of readings of diverse texts. It is an excellent primer for anyone who loves the written word. This 1999 Routledge Paperback is in \u003cb\u003e good condition\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780415169141 SKU: 1432895 \u003ci\u003eNote: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48527731917077,"sku":"1432895","price":13.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/2695\/4036\/files\/1432895.jpg?v=1725865068","url":"https:\/\/bookhaven.co.nz\/products\/1432895","provider":"Book Haven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}