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.
- ISBN13 9780470706350
- Publish Date 9 June 2008 (first published 9 February 2007)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 September 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
- Format eBook
- Pages 352
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com