A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory by Raman Selden

A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory by Raman Selden

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Zusammenfassung

Provides an introduction to the field of modern literary theory. Students are introduced to New Criticism, Reader-Response Theory, Marxist Criticism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Post-Modernism and Feminism, as well as to Cultural Materialism and New Historicism, Postcolonialism and Gay, Lesbian and Queer Theory.

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A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory by Raman Selden

Reflecting the continuing change and development in modern literacy theory, the key features of this book includes its clarity, brevity, equal coverage of the main literary theories and useful bibliographies of further reading. Literature students will find its clearly defined sections easy to navigate and whilst avoiding over-simplification, it makes a complex subject accessible.

The best of the many guides to literary theory that are currently availableWiddowson and Brooker chart a clear and comprehensively documented path through the full range of what is best in contemporary literary theory…indispensable for all students of literature…An impressive achievement!

John Drakakis, Stirling University

 

This Guide is as stimulating and instructive an introduction to [literary theory] as any reader might wish for.

John Kenny, Centre for the Study of Human Settlement and Historical Change, National University of Ireland, Galway

Peter Widdowson is Professor of Literature at the University of Gloucester.  Peter Brooker is Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at University College, Northampton.
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ISBN 13 9780582894105
ISBN 10 0582894107
Titel A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory
Autor Raman Selden
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 2005-04-14
Seitenanzahl 312
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