A collection of essays and literary reviews taken from over three decades of the author's work. The essays concern themselves with the most central development themes in recent criticism, from the new criticism to the much debated newsreading and new historicism.

A collection of essays and literary reviews taken from over three decades of the author's work. The essays concern themselves with the most central development themes in recent criticism, from the new criticism to the much debated newsreading and new historicism.

马修·阿诺德(Matthew Arnold)（1822年--1888年）英国近代诗人、教育家，文学批评家。他任牛津大学诗学教授长达十年。诗歌灵感得之于古希腊作家，歌德，华兹华斯，写过大量文学，教育，社会问题的随笔，猛烈抨击英国生活和文化方面的地方主义，庸俗风气，功利主义，成为当时知识界的批评之声，影响了托·斯·艾略特，利维斯等一代文人。1849年，他发表第一部诗集《迷途浪子》(The Strayed Reveller)。他只能利用工作之余的闲暇进行文学创作，但即便是业余之作却已使他得以跻身于维多利亚时代主要作家的行列。其诗歌和评论对时弊很敏感，并能做出理性的评判。阿诺德的诗歌创作主要集中在1850年代，1860年后主要从事散文写作，写下了大量的文学评论和社会评论作品。阿诺德的诗作主要收集在《诗集》(Poems, 1853)、《诗歌二集》(Poems:...(展开全部)

Since publication of the first edition in 1974, Leo Braudy and Marshall Cohen's Film Theory and Criticism has been the most widely used and cited anthology of critical writings about film. Now in its seventh edition, this landmark text continues to offer outstanding coverage of more than a century of thought and writing about the movies. Incorporating classic texts by pioneers ...(展开全部)

Since publication of the first edition in 1974, Leo Braudy and Marshall Cohen's Film Theory and Criticism has been the most widely used and cited anthology of critical writings about film. Now in its seventh edition, this landmark text continues to offer outstanding coverage of more than a century of thought and writing about the movies. Incorporating classic texts by pioneers ...(展开全部)

汉诺•哈特（Hanno Hardt，1934— ），德裔美国传播学家、美国批判传播研究的代表人物之一，曾经在美国几所大学以及英国、德国、奥地利和斯洛文尼亚的大学任职，代表作有《传播学批判研究： 美国的传播、历史和理论》、《对大众的神话： 论大众传播》、《报业的社会理论： 1840—1920》、《用影像捕捉媒介历史》（合编）、《关于复印艺术的对话》（合编）等，退休以后定居斯洛文尼亚。

The development of communication studies has been a lively process of adoption and integration of theoretical constructs from Pragmatism, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. Critical Communication Studies describes the intellectual and professional forces that have shaped research interests and formed alliances in the pursuit of particular goals. Hanno Hardt reflects on the ...(展开全部)

汉诺•哈特（Hanno Hardt，1934— ），德裔美国传播学家、美国批判传播研究的代表人物之一，曾经在美国几所大学以及英国、德国、奥地利和斯洛文尼亚的大学任职，代表作有《传播学批判研究： 美国的传播、历史和理论》、《对大众的神话： 论大众传播》、《报业的社会理论： 1840—1920》、《用影像捕捉媒介历史》（合编）、《关于复印艺术的对话》（合编）等，退休以后定居斯洛文尼亚。

The development of communication studies has been a lively process of adoption and integration of theoretical constructs from Pragmatism, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. Critical Communication Studies describes the intellectual and professional forces that have shaped research interests and formed alliances in the pursuit of particular goals. Hanno Hardt reflects on the ...(展开全部)