Paradigms Regained Pluralism and the Practice of Criticism

Paradigms Regainedis James L Battersby's effort to reclaim for literary study certain legitimate territories that have been needlessly abandoned on the theoretical battlefield. Despite assertions to the contrary by poststructuralist or new historicist critics, Battersby contends, it is still possible to talk intelligently, rigorously, and usefully about such issues as literary intentionality, stable references, determinate meaning, and objective value judgments of literary works.Battersby, James L. is the author of 'Paradigms Regained Pluralism and the Practice of Criticism' with ISBN 9780812231274 and ISBN 0812231279.