Book Description
This accessible guide provides the ideal first step in understanding literary theory.
Author : Johannes Willem Bertens
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 21,66 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Criticism
ISBN : 0415186641
This accessible guide provides the ideal first step in understanding literary theory.
Author : Manoharlal Shah
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,99 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Criticism
ISBN : 9788189981242
Author : David H. Richter
Publisher : Bedford/st Martins
Page : 1655 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780312101060
02 The most comprehensive and up-to-date anthology of major documents in literary criticism and theory from Plato to the present, with a highly praised critical apparatus, including introductions, headnotes, bibliographies, and glosses.
Author : Charles E. Bressler
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,61 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
The second edition of Literary Criticism by Charles E. Bressler is designed to help readers make conscious, informed, and intelligent choices concerning literary interpretation. By explaining the historical development and theoretical positions of eleven schools of criticism, author Charles Bressler reveals the richness of literary texts along with the various interpretative approaches that will lead to a fuller appreciation and understanding of such texts.
Author : Anne H. Stevens
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,13 MB
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1770485619
Literary Theory and Criticism: An Introduction provides an accessible overview of major figures and movements in literary theory and criticism from antiquity to the twenty-first century. It is designed for students at the undergraduate level or for others needing a broad synthesis of the long history of literary theory. An introductory chapter provides an overview of some of the major issues within literary theory and criticism; further chapters survey theory and criticism in antiquity, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the nineteenth century. For twentieth- and twenty-first-century theory, the discussion is subdivided into separate chapters on formalist, historicist, political, and psychoanalytic approaches. The final chapter applies a variety of theoretical concepts and approaches to two famous works of literature: William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Author : Andrew Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 17,88 MB
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1317313127
Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at ‘The Beginning’ and concluding with ‘The End’, chapters range from the familiar, such as ‘Character’, ‘Narrative’ and ‘The Author’, to the more unusual, such as ‘Secrets’, ‘Pleasure’ and ‘Ghosts’. Now in its fifth edition, Bennett and Royle’s classic textbook successfully illuminates complex ideas by engaging directly with literary works, so that a reading of Jane Eyre opens up ways of thinking about racial difference, for example, while Chaucer, Raymond Chandler and Monty Python are all invoked in a discussion of literature and laughter. The fifth edition has been revised throughout and includes four new chapters – ‘Feelings’, ‘Wounds’, ‘Body’ and ‘Love’ – to incorporate exciting recent developments in literary studies. In addition to further reading sections at the end of each chapter, the book contains a comprehensive bibliography and a glossary of key literary terms. A breath of fresh air in a field that can often seem dry and dauntingly theoretical, this book will open the reader’s eyes to the exhilarating possibilities of reading and studying literature.
Author : Terry Eagleton
Publisher :
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 28,25 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Criticism
ISBN : 019285318X
Author : Hans Bertens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 35,59 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1134663420
Providing the ideal first step in understanding the often bewildering world of literary theory, this text is an easy to follow and clearly presented introduction to this fascinating area.
Author : Johannes Willem Bertens
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 16,38 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Criticism
ISBN : 9780415351126
Providing the ideal first step in understanding the often bewildering world of literary theory, Literary Theory: The Basics is an easy to follow and clearly presented introduction to this fascinating area. Showing that theory can not only make sense, but also radically change the way in which we read, Literary Theory: The Basics: * leads readers through the major approached to literature that are signalled by the term â¬~literary theory' * places each critical movement in its historical (and often political) context * illustrates theory in practice with examples from well-known texts * suggests further reading for those especially interested in a particular critical approach. Covering all the basics and much more, this is the perfect book for anyone interested in how we read and why that matters.
Author : Anne H. Stevens
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 21,62 MB
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1554812372
Literary Theory and Criticism: An Introduction provides an accessible overview of major figures and movements in literary theory and criticism from antiquity to the twenty-first century. It is designed for students at the undergraduate level or for others needing a broad synthesis of the long history of literary theory. An introductory chapter provides an overview of some of the major issues within literary theory and criticism; further chapters survey theory and criticism in antiquity, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the nineteenth century. For twentieth- and twenty-first-century theory, the discussion is subdivided into separate chapters on formalist, historicist, political, and psychoanalytic approaches. The final chapter applies a variety of theoretical concepts and approaches to two famous works of literature: William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.