Wordsworth, Dialogics and the Practice of Criticism

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Hardcover | 18 May 1992

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In recent decades, Wordsworth's poetry has become a point of focus for a great many of the proliferating schools of criticism and theoretical paradigms that dominate modern literary studies. Don Bialostosky here addresses the problem that the multiplicity of criticism has outrun the capacity to respond to it, often leaving teaching practices behind in their reflection of older models of literary study. Bialostosky's method draws on the work of Bakhtin and his followers to create a "dialogic" critical synthesis of what Wordsworth's readers--from Coleridge to de Man--have made of his poetry. He reveals an understanding of Wordsworth's poetry as itself "dialogically" responding to its various contexts, and opens up fruitful possibilities for current criticism and teaching of Wordsworth. This challenging book uses the case of Wordsworth studies to make a far-reaching survey of modern literary theory and its implications for the practice of criticism and teaching today.

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From reviews of the hardback: 'At a moment when academic literary studies are accused of having sunk to a state of savage torpor, Don H. Bialostosky's Wordsworth, Dialogics, and the Practice of Criticism is welcome evidence to the contrary. Bialostosky proceeds from the enlivening premise that Wordsworth criticism doesn't end with the texts of Wordsworth, but includes reflection on how Wordsworth and writers generally have been studied and taught in the academy.' Gerald Graff From reviews of the hardback: 'At once responsive to current debates and responsible to Wordsworth, Bialostosky proceeds with lucidity and discrimination to renew resources for criticism. Whether primarily concerned with theory, pedagogy, or the value of liberal education, readers will be valuably engaged by Bialostosky's dialogic.' Jonathan Arac

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Preface
Wordsworth, literary history and the constitution of literature
Displacing Coleridge, replacing Wordsworth
Wordsworth's dialogic art
Dialogics of the lyric: a symposium on 'Westminster Bridge' and 'Beauteous Evening'
Social action in 'The Solitary Reaper'
What de Man has made of Wordsworth
The revival of rhetoric and the reading of Wordsworth's 'Prelude'
Theoretical commitments and Wordsworthian pedagogies
Wordsworth, Allan Bloom and liberal education
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