Image from Google Jackets

The Blackwell guide to literary theory / Gregory Castle.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell guides to literaturePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2007Description: xi, 340 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780631232735 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Guide to literary theory
  • Literary theory
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 801.950904 CAS 22
Online resources: Summary: "This guidebook introduces readers to the sometimes forbiddingly arcane world of literary theory, focusing on its fundamental concepts, and the most prominent and influential theoretical figures and movements." "The Blackwell Guide to Literary Theory explores the rise of literary theory from the late nineteenth century to the dawning of the twenty-first; outlines the major movements of literary theory, among them Deconstruction, Marxist theory, New Historicism, and Reader-Response theory; includes alphabetically organized biographies of key figures, from Adorno to Zizek; offers a number of theoretical readings of literary texts, including Jane Eyre, Heart of Darkness, Ulysses, To the Lighthouse, and Midnight's Children; and features an in-depth glossary of complex theoretical terms, and useful suggestions for further reading."
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book - Borrowing Book - Borrowing Central Library Second Floor Academic Bookshop 801.950904 CAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 9118 Available 000034066
Total holds: 0

Includes glossary.

Includes index.

"This guidebook introduces readers to the sometimes forbiddingly arcane world of literary theory, focusing on its fundamental concepts, and the most prominent and influential theoretical figures and movements." "The Blackwell Guide to Literary Theory explores the rise of literary theory from the late nineteenth century to the dawning of the twenty-first; outlines the major movements of literary theory, among them Deconstruction, Marxist theory, New Historicism, and Reader-Response theory; includes alphabetically organized biographies of key figures, from Adorno to Zizek; offers a number of theoretical readings of literary texts, including Jane Eyre, Heart of Darkness, Ulysses, To the Lighthouse, and Midnight's Children; and features an in-depth glossary of complex theoretical terms, and useful suggestions for further reading."

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.