Literary Theory

  • Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
    Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
    By Jonathan Culler

    Culler offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, looks at whether literature is a form of self-expression or a method of appeal to an audience, and outlines the ideas behind deconstruction and semiotics.

  • Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction
    Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction
    By Michael Ryan

    Michael Ryan's comprehensive textbook on the practice of literary theory demonstrates how the full panoply of theoretical approaches can be used to read the same texts.

  • Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
    Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
    By Jonathan Culler

    ... David DeGrazia ANTISEMITISM Steven Beller THE APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS Paul Foster ARCHAEOLOGY PaulBahn ARCHITECTURE Andrew Ballantyne ARISTOCRACY William Doyle ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes ART HISTORY Dana Arnold ART THEORY Cynthia Freeland ...

  • Literary Theory
    Literary Theory
    By Jonathan D. Culler

    Renaissance specialists influenced by Foucault ( Catherine Belsey , Jonathan Dollimore , Alan Sinfield , and Peter Stallybrass ) have been particularly concerned with the historical constitution of the subject and 172 | Appendix.

  • Literary Theory: A Beginner's Guide
    Literary Theory: A Beginner's Guide
    By Clare Connors

    The theorist Peter Brooks, in his book Reading for the Plot, comes up with a way of thinking about reading for pleasure which takes account of the equivocal nature of pleasure as Freud describes it. Taking Freud's 'meta-psychological' ...

  • Literary Theory: An Introduction
    Literary Theory: An Introduction
    By Terry Eagleton

    This classic work is designed to cover all of the major movements in literary studies during this century.

  • Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
    Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
    By Jonathan Culler

    A brief introduction to literary theory that explores the various moves that literary theory has encouraged.

  • Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
    Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
    By Terry Eagleton

    In fact, what is Literature, and does it matter? These are the sorts of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in a book which steers a clear path through a subject often perceived to be complex and impenetrable.

  • Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
    By Jonathan D. Culler

    Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction

  • Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction
    Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction
    By Michael Ryan

    Introduces students to a variety of contemporary approaches to the study of literature and culture Demonstrates how the varying perspectives on texts can lead to different interpretations of the same work Features numerous updates that ...

  • Literary theory: a practical introduction
    By Michael Ryan

    Michael Ryan′s Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction, Second Edition introduces students to the full range of contemporary approaches to the study of literature and culture, from Formalism, Structuralism, and Historicism to Ethnic ...

  • Literary Theory: The Basics
    Literary Theory: The Basics
    By Hans Bertens

    (1995) The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, vol. 8: From Formalism to Poststructuralism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Shklovsky, V. (1998) 'Art as Technique', in Rivkin and Ryan (1998) [1917]. Showalter, E. (ed.) ...

  • Literary Theory: The Basics
    Literary Theory: The Basics
    By Johannes Willem Bertens

    ( 1995 ) The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism , Vol . 8 ( From Formalism to Poststructuralism ) , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . Shklovsky , Viktor ( 1998 ) ' Art as Technique ' , in Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan ( eds ) ...

  • Literary Theory: An Introduction, Anniversary Ed.
    Literary Theory: An Introduction, Anniversary Ed.
    By Terry Eagleton

    Literary Theory: An Introduction, Anniversary Ed.

  • Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction
    Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction
    By Michael Ryan

    Introduces students to a variety of contemporary approaches to the study of literature and culture Demonstrates how the varying perspectives on texts can lead to different interpretations of the same work Features numerous updates that ...

  • Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction
    By Michael Ryan

    Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction

  • Literary Theory: An Anthology
    Literary Theory: An Anthology
    By Michael Ryan, Julie Rivkin

    The new edition of this bestselling literary theory anthology has been thoroughly updated to include influential texts from innovative new areas, including disability studies, eco-criticism, and ethics.

  • Literary Theory: An Introduction
    Literary Theory: An Introduction
    By Terry Eagleton

    Eagleton has added a new preface to this anniversary edition to address more recent developments in literary studies, including what he describes as “the growth of a kind of anti-theory”, and the idea that literary theory has been ...

  • Literary Theory: An Anthology
    Literary Theory: An Anthology
    By Michael Ryan, Julie Rivkin

    Bishop, Elizabeth. One Art: Letters. Ed. Robert Giroux. New York: Farrar, 1994. Bishop, Elizabeth. “Seven‐Days Monologue.” Con Spirito 1.2 (Apr. 1933): 3–4. Bishop, Elizabeth. “Then Came the Poor.” Con Spirito 1.1 (Feb. 1933): 2 + .

  • Literary Theory: The Basics
    Literary Theory: The Basics
    By Hans Bertens

    The Return of the Reader: Reader-Response Criticism (1987) by Elizabeth Freund is a reader-friendly introduction, as is Todd F. Davis and Kenneth Womack's Formalist Criticism and Reader-Response Theory (2002), while Reader-Response ...