The power of genre
The Power of Genre was first published in 1986. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The Power of Genre is a radical and systematic rethinking of the relationship between literary genre and critical explanation. Adene Rosmarin shows how traditional theories of genre-whether called ""historical, "" ""intrinsic, "" or ""theoretical""--Are necessarily undone by their attempts to define genre representationally. Rather, Rosmarin argues, the opening
Print Book, English, ©1985
University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, ©1985
Criticism, interpretation, etc
x, 199 pages ; 24 cm
9780816613953, 9780816613960, 0816613958, 0816613966
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Preface; A Theoretical Introduction; Chapter 1. Defining a Theory of Genre; Chapter 2. The Dramatic Monologue; Chapter 3. The Mask Lyric; Epilogue; Notes; Index
English