The Blackwell Guide to Literary Theory |
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| Author:
| Castle, Gregory |
| Series title: | Wiley Blackwell Guides to Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-470-70635-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2008 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Digital download |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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This student-friendly text introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, as well as showing them how to perform literary analysis.
- Designed to be used alongside primary theoretical texts as an introduction to theory or alongside literary texts as a model for performing literary analysis.
- Presents a series of exemplary readings of particular literary texts such as...
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This student-friendly text introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, as well as showing them how to perform literary analysis.
- Designed to be used alongside primary theoretical texts as an introduction to theory or alongside literary texts as a model for performing literary analysis.
- Presents a series of exemplary readings of particular literary texts such as Jane Eyre, Heart of Darkness, Ulysses, To the Lighthouse and Midnight's Children.
- Provides a brief history of the rise of literary theory in the twentieth century, in order that students understand the historical contexts for different theories.
- Presents an alphabetically organized series of entries on key figures and publications, from Adorno to Zizek.
- Features descriptions of the major movements in literary theory, from critical theory through to postcolonial theory.