Contemporary Literary Criticism
Title | Contemporary Literary Criticism PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 473 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN | 9781414472942 |
Covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. Profiles novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Title | Contemporary Literary Criticism PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Release | 1973 |
Genre | Literature, Modern |
ISBN | 9780787658571 |
A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory
Title | A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Raman Selden |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
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Unsurpassed as a text for upper-division and beginning graduate students, Raman Selden's classic text is the liveliest, most readable and most reliable guide to contemporary literary theory. Includes applications of theory, cross-referenced to Selden's companion volume, Practicing Theory and Reading Literature.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory
Title | Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Irene Rima Makaryk |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 676 |
Release | 1993-01-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780802068606 |
The last half of the twentieth century has seen the emergence of literary theory as a new discipline. As with any body of scholarship, various schools of thought exist, and sometimes conflict, within it. I.R. Makaryk has compiled a welcome guide to the field. Accessible and jargon-free, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory provides lucid, concise explanations of myriad approaches to literature that have arisen over the past forty years. Some 170 scholars from around the world have contributed their expertise to this volume. Their work is organized into three parts. In Part I, forty evaluative essays examine the historical and cultural context out of which new schools of and approaches to literature arose. The essays also discuss the uses and limitations of the various schools, and the key issues they address. Part II focuses on individual theorists. It provides a more detailed picture of the network of scholars not always easily pigeonholed into the categories of Part I. This second section analyses the individual achievements, as well as the influence, of specific scholars, and places them in a larger critical context. Part III deals with the vocabulary of literary theory. It identifies significant, complex terms, places them in context, and explains their origins and use. Accessibility is a key feature of the work. By avoiding jargon, providing mini-bibliographies, and cross-referencing throughout, Makaryk has provided an indispensable tool for literary theorists and historians and for all scholars and students of contemporary criticism and culture.
Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory
Title | Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Groden |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 537 |
Release | 2012-10-05 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 142140639X |
Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory: The Johns Hopkins Guide is a clear, accessible, and detailed overview of the most important thinkers and topics in the field. Written by specialists from across disciplines, its entries cover contemporary theory from Adorno to ?i?ek, providing an informative and reliable introduction to a vast, challenging area of inquiry. Materials include newly commissioned articles along with essays drawn from The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, known as the definitive resource for students and scholars of literary theory and for philosophical reflection on literature and culture.
A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory
Title | A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory PDF eBook |
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Release | 2015 |
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ISBN | 9781138128811 |
Contemporary Marxist Literary Criticism
Title | Contemporary Marxist Literary Criticism PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Mulhern |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2014-05-12 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317899091 |
Marxism has had an enormous impact on literary and cultural studies, and all those interested in the field need to be aware of its achievements. This collection presents the very best of recent Marxist literary criticism in one single volume. An international group of contributors provide an introduction to the development, current trends and evolution of the subject. They include such notable Marxist critics as Tony Bennett, Terry Eagleton, Edward W. Said, Raymond Williams and Fredric Jameson. A diverse range of subjects are analysed such as James Bond, Brecht, Jane Austen and the modern history of the aesthetic.