Literary Theory by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory by Terry Eagleton

Helps readers to understand what literature is and what it is for. This book addresses the developments in literary studies, including what the author describes as 'the growth of a kind of anti-theory', and the idea that literary theory has been institutionalized.

Praise for the First Edition of Literary Theory Literary Theory has the kind of racy readability that one associates more often with English critics who have set their faces resolutely against theory.. It's not just a brilliant polemical essay, it's also a remarkable feat of condensation, explication, and synthesis ... Stimulating and entertaining. Sunday Times This concise and lucid volume offers a satisfying survey of all the major theories, from structuralism in the 1960s to deconstruction today, that have made academic criticism both intriguing and off-putting to the outsider. New York Times Book Review A polemical, amusing and very informative introduction ... indispensable.Jonathan Culler The best handbook to those arcane ics and isms, both for academy members and for any civilians who, having heard the distant roar of professorial cannons, might wonder what the skirmishing is about. Voice Literary Supplement

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ISBN 13	9780631201885
ISBN 10	0631201882
Title	Literary Theory
Author	Terry Eagleton
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	1996-10-26
Number of pages	248
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