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Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present provides a concise and authoritative overview of the development of Western literary criticism and theory from the

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Critical Revolution Turns Right -- 2. The Scholarly Turn -- 3. The Historicist