# The Function of Criticism

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- Book: [The Function of Criticism](https://www.bookquiver.com/terry-eagleton/the-function-of-criticism) ([The Function of Criticism.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/terry-eagleton/the-function-of-criticism.md))
- Authors: [Terry Eagleton](https://www.bookquiver.com/terry-eagleton)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-18-4467-055-0
- Pages: 138
- Published: 2006-01-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This wide-ranging book argues that criticism emerged in early bourgeois society as a central feature of a “public sphere” in which political, ethical, and literary judgements could mingle under...