Lee Erickson. The Economy of Literary Form: English Literature and the Industrialization of Publishing, 1800–1850. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 1996. Pp. xii, 219. $35.00. ISBN 0-8018-5145-9.

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 318-319
Author(s):  
Annette Wheeler Cafarelli
Keyword(s):  
English Literature ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
Johns Hopkins University

Form

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Middle English ◽  
Geoffrey Chaucer ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Literary Analysis ◽  
Troilus And Criseyde ◽  
Middle English Literature ◽  
Key Aspects

Plato and Aristotle offered contrasting definitions of “form.” According to Plato, a “form” was external to the material world, a notion or idea or thought that can properly exist only in a mind. For Aristotle, “form” was always a part of some material thing. In Troilus and Criseyde, Geoffrey Chaucer offers a description that does not use the word “form,” and yet it implies a process that could be summarized with the word “formation.” This article discusses the advantages of a literary analysis that embraces a uniquely comprehensive definition of form, particularly in the realm of Middle English literature. It argues that each element of a comprehensive theory of literary form encompasses both thinking and writing in the Middle Ages. It also considers key aspects of the form of two representative Middle English texts, Pearl and Robert Mannyng’s Handlyng Synne.

The Economy of Literary Form: English Literature and the Industrialization of Publishing, 1800-1850

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 673
Author(s):  
Mark Schoenfield ◽  
Lee Erickson ◽  
John O. Jordan ◽  
Robert L. Patten ◽  
David Kaufmann
Keyword(s):  
English Literature ◽  
Literary Form
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