Julian Wolfreys

Broschiertes Buch

Introducing Literary Theories

A Guide and Glossary

Herausgeber: Wolfreys, Julian

Beschreibung

This volume is an ideal introduction for those coming to literary theory for the first time. It covers the major theoretical approaches: Bakhtinian Criticism, Structuralism, Feminist Theory, Marxist Literary Theories, Reader-Response Theories, Psychoanalytic Criticism, Deconstruction, Poststructuralism, New Historicism, Cultural Materialism, Postcolonial Theory, Gay Studies/ Queer Theories, Cultural Studies and Postmodernism. Each chapter contains a clear presentation of the theory in question and applies it to an analysis of a key literary text to help students understand both the methodology and the practice of literary theory. The book is rounded out by useful bibliographies and a glossary of critical terms.

Autor

Julian Wolfeys is Professor of English Literature at the University of Portsmouth, where he is also Director of the Centre for Studies in LIterature. He is author and editor of more than 40 books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century English literature and literary theory. Most recently he has published Dickens's London and The Derrida Wordbook, both with Edinburgh University Press. He recently published his first novel, Silent Music.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 163mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780748614837
• ISBN-10: 0748614834
• Artikelnr.: 21599038