A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory
A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory
Résumé
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
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780582894105 |
| ISBN 10 | 0582894107 |
| Titre | A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory |
| Auteur | Raman Selden |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Année de publication | 2005-04-14 |
| Nombre de pages | 312 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |