Genetic criticism and its logics : the draft and the text /
"Genetic criticism is the study of authors' drafts and manuscripts, looking at all that is tried or discarded in the course of the creative process, along the way to a final text. [It] offers a variety of miniature chapters of argument and philosophy that serve to illuminate this controver...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English, translated from French. |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "Genetic criticism is the study of authors' drafts and manuscripts, looking at all that is tried or discarded in the course of the creative process, along the way to a final text. [It] offers a variety of miniature chapters of argument and philosophy that serve to illuminate this controversial branch of literary criticism. Discussion moves from music to modernism, or from recipes to photography; Poe appears along with Ponge, and Delacroix not far from Hogarth. The book is meant for readers at any stage of the genetic journey -- from the keen to the curious, and from the not yet convinced to the seriously sceptical or dismissive"-- |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in French as Logiques du brouillon: modèles pour une critique génétique. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 154 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781399539395 1399539396 |