Modern Literary Theory: A Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340761911 ISBN 13: 9780340761915

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2001

Synopsis

This book covers the key theoretical approches in modern literary theory, and includes essays and texts that are essential reading for any student of critical theory. It includes sections on Formalism and Structuralism, Feminism, Marxism, Postmodernism, and Postcolonialism, and for the first time, includes works by authors such as de Beauvoir and Freud, who although not focusing specifically on literature, make a significant contribution to the landscape of literary theory.

About this title

Synopsis:

The new edition of this core text has been thoroughly revised and updated in light of the latest development in the field. The original structure of the book has been improved and new material has been added. Covering the key theoretical approaches in modern literary theory, the text includes those essays and documents that are essential reading for students of critical theory, with sections on: Formalism and Structuralism; Marxism; Feminism; Gender and Subjectivity; Histories and Textuality; Postmodernism; Postcolonialism. For the first time, the reader also includes extracts from seminal texts by authors such as Marx, Freud, and de Beauvior - texts which do not necessarily focus on literature but which have had a fundamental influence on the development of literary theory. In addition, the text now includes a section on issues and debates. Focusing not on authors or approaches but rather on leading questions in critical debate, the extracts in this section present opposing points of view on the same issue: Is literary criticism an ethical act? Martha Nussbaum vs Emmanuel Levinas Is the canon a timeless assembly of great works?

Terry Eagleton vs Harold Bloom Is literature what the academy says it is? Edward Said vs Stanley Fish Literature and the philosophy of science: Richard Rorty vs Donna Harraway

About the Author:

Patricia Waugh, Durham University, UK
Philip Rice, formerly at Coventry University, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0340761911
• ISBN 13: 9780340761915
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Waugh Patricia