Publications Of The Modern Language Association Of America (Volume X) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789354214615)

An indispensable window onto formative criticism. Scholarly work with vivid insight. Volume X of the Publications of the Modern Language Association of America is a literary criticism anthology that serves as a collection of scholarly essays, assembling the debates and methods that propelled modern language studies during the early 20th century. Contributors engage philological research topics, comparative literature analysis and language history scholarship with close reading and historical sensitivity, producing material that functions as both a rigorous academic reference book and readable intellectual history. The essays' tone ranges from methodical argument to brisk critical survey, so that instructors and researchers alike can mine it for context, citation and classroom use; it is equally serviceable as source material for a university course textbook. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. As part of the MLA publications series, the work records a key moment in American literary scholarship and classic humanities studies, when philology and comparative methods helped professionalise literary criticism in the United States. Its essays illuminate the contours of early 20th century literature and explain why debates over historical method, textual authority and comparative frames became central to modern language studies. For instructors the collection supplies primary-source exemplars of method; for independent readers it offers a sustained encounter with ideas that continue to inform academic discourse. Collectors will value the edition's restored clarity and provenance; libraries will welcome an accessible academic reference book that also reads well outside the seminar room. Compact, context-rich and unabashedly scholarly, Volume X rewards attention now as much as it did a century ago, and sits comfortably on reference shelves, university course textbook lists and private collections. A welcome recovery for curious readers.

Author: James W. Bright
ISBN-10: 9354214614
ISBN-13: 9789354214615
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2020
Pages: 620
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.98lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.37d