TY - GEN T1 - American literature's aesthetic dimensions A2 - Weinstein, Cindy A2 - Looby, Christopher LA - English PP - New York PB - Columbia University Press YR - 2012 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn811404784 AB - In these diverse essays, leading critics recast the place of aesthetics in the production and consumption of literature. Rethinking the category of aesthetics in light of recent developments in literary theory and social criticism, contributors showcase the interpretive possibilities available to those who bring politics, culture, ideology, and conceptions of identity into their critiques. Deploying a distinctive range of methodologies, essays combine close readings of individual works and authors with more theoretical discussions of aesthetic theory and its relation to American li. OP - 426 CN - PS88 .A49 2012eb SN - 9780231520775 SN - 0231520778 SN - 0231156162 SN - 9780231156165 SN - 0231156170 SN - 9780231156172 KW - American literature : History and criticism. KW - Literature : Aesthetics. KW - Littérature : Esthétique. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : General. KW - American literature KW - Literature : Aesthetics KW - Electronic books. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -