Literary Theories is the first reader and introductory guide in
one volume. Divided into 12 sections covering structuralism,
feminism, marxism, reader-response theory, psychoanalysis,
deconstruction, post-structuralism, postmodernism, new historicism,
postcolonialism, gay studies and queer theory, and cultural
studies, Literary Theories introduces the reader to the most
challenging and engaging aspects of critical studies in the
humanities today.
Classic essays representing the different theoretical positions
and offering striking examples of close readings of literature are
preceded by new introductions which present the theory in question
and discuss its main currents. With a full glossary and detailed
bibliography, Literary Theories is the perfect introductory guide
and reader in one volume.
Included are essays by Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, Homi K.
Bhabha, Judith Butler, Terry Castle, Iain Chambers, Rey Chow, Paul
de Man, Jacques Derrida, Jonathan Dollimore, Terry Eagleton,
Catherine Gallagher, Stephen Heath, Wolfgang Iser, Fredric Jameson,
Hans Robert Jauss, Claire Kahane, Gail Ching Liang Low, Mary Lydon,
Jean-François Lyotard, James M. Mellard, D.A. Miller, J.
Hillis Miller, Louis Adrian Montrose, Michael Riffaterre, Avital
Ronell, Nicholas Royle, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Alan Sinfield, and
Raymond Williams.
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