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Murray Krieger (1) (1923–2000)

Author of The Theory of Criticism: A Tradition and Its System

For other authors named Murray Krieger, see the disambiguation page.

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Works by Murray Krieger

The Theory of Criticism: A Tradition and Its System (1976) 27 copies

The Tragic Vision (1973) 19 copies

Ekphrasis: The Illusion of the Natural Sign (1992) 14 copies

The Institution of Theory (1994) 13 copies

The New Apologists for Poetry (1977) 12 copies

The Aims of Representation: Subject/Text/History (1987) 10 copies

The Classic Vision (1971) 10 copies

A window to criticism; Shakespeare's Sonnets and modern poetics (2015) 7 copies

Northrop Frye in modern criticism; selected papers from the English Institute (1985) 7 copies

The play and place of criticism (1967) 5 copies

A Reopening of Closure: Organicism Against Itself (1989) 3 copies

Words About Words About Words: Theory, Criticism, and the Literary Text (1987) 3 copies

Arts on the Level: The Fall of the Elite Object (Hodges Lectures) (1981) 3 copies

Visions of Extremity in Modern Literature: The Tragic Vision - The Confrontation of Extremity Vol 1 (Tragic Vision) 2 copies

Poetic Presence and Illusion: Essays In Critical History and Theory (1979) 2 copies

VISIONS OF EXTREMITY IN MODERN LITERATURE - in 2 volumes - #1 THE TRAGIC VISION, THE CONFRONTATION OF EXTREMITY --#2 THE 2 copies

The Ideological Imperative: Repression and Resistance in Recent American Theory (1993) 1 copy

Teorija kritike 1 copy

New Apologists for Poetry 1 copy

Associated Works

The Marble Faun (1860) — Afterword, some editions — 1,599 copies, 17 reviews

Critical Theory Since Plato (1971) — Contributor, some editions — 435 copies, 1 review

Shakespeare: Aspects of Influence (1976) — Contributor — 11 copies

Perspectives on poetry (1968) — Contributor — 7 copies

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Birthdate: 1923-11-27
Date of death: 2000-08-05
Gender: male
Education: Rutgers University
University of Chicago
Ohio State University
Occupations: literary critic
literary theorist
Awards and honors: University of California University Professor (1974)
Relationships: Krieger, Leonard (brother)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Places of residence: Laguna Beach, California, USA (death)
Newark, New Jersey, USA (birth)
Place of death: Laguna Beach, California, USA
Associated Place (for map): California, USA

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Works: 19
Also by: 4
Members: 142
Popularity: #144,864
Rating: ½ 3.4

ISBNs: 41
Languages: 1

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