Is Literary History Possible?

Is Literary History Possible? is a landmark study of the thinking underlying recent theory about literary history. Through analysis of particular literary histories — most of them contemporary works — Perkins elaborates on two fundamental problems that arise in the writing of literary history: the contradictions inherent in organizing, structuring, and presenting the subject; and the "always unsuccessful" attempt of literary histories to explain the development of the literature they describe.

• Author
• David Perkins

• Format
• paperback

• Publisher
• Johns Hopkins University Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780801847158

• Genres
• literature

• Release date
• 1993