Intertextuality

Intertextuality by Graham Allen

Theories of intertextuality suggest that meaning in a text can only ever be understood in relation to other texts; no work stands alone but is interlinked with the tradition that came before it and the context in which it is produced. This idea of intertextuality is crucial to understanding literary studies today. Graham Allen deftly introduces the topic and relates its significance to key theories and movements in the study of literature. The second edition of this important guide to intertextuality: outlines the history and contemporary use of the term incorporates a wealth of illuminating examples from literature and culture includes a new, expanded conclusion on the future of intertextuality examines the politics and aesthetics of the term relates intertextuality to global cultures and new media. Looking at intertextuality in relation to structuralism, post-structuralism, deconstruction, postcolonialism, Marxism, feminism and psychoanalytic theory, this is a fascinating and useful guide for all students of literature and culture.

Graham Allen lectures on Romantic and Victorian literature, and literary theory at University College, Cork. He is author of Harold Bloom: A Poetics of Conflict, Roland Barthes (Routledge Critical Thinkers), Mary Shelley, The Reader's Guide to 'Frankenstein', and editor of The Salt Companion to Harold Bloom (with Roy Sellers) and Reading on Audience and Textual Materiality (with Carrie Griffin and Mary O'Connell).

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ISBN 13	9780415596947
ISBN 10	0415596947
Title	Intertextuality
Author	Graham Allen
Series	The New Critical Idiom
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2011-05-19
Number of pages	248
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