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The Armed Vision

by Stanley Edgar Hyman

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Examines the nature of modern critical method as exemplified by contemporary critics. It also discusses the background to of their techniques and suggest some possibilities for an integrated and practical methodology that consolidates the best procedures of criticism.

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Original publication date: 1947

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Genres: Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism
DDC/MDS: 801 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Philosophy and theory
LCC: PN94 .H9 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Criticism
BISAC: LIT LITERARY CRITICISM General
LIT LITERARY CRITICISM Semiotics & Theory

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Published: 1947
Genres: Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism
DDC/MDS: 801
LCC: PN94 .H9

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