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.

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About the Author

Julia Darling was a poet, playwright and fiction writer. In March 2003 she became the second winner of the the UK's biggest literary prize, the £60,000 Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award. Fiona Ellis, the Foundation's Director, paid tribute after Julia's death: "We were incredibly proud when Julia became the second holder of our Award. She was a wonderful writer and a quite extraordinary ambassador for writing." She was Royal Literary Fund Project Fellow at Newcastle University, where for two years she was also doing a poetry MA, which she obtained with a distinction in 2002. She was also writer-in-residence for Live Theatre, Newcastle in 2002. Plays include <I>Attachments</I>; <I>Cold Calling</I>; <I>Doughnuts like Fanny's</I>; <I>Eating the Elephant</I>; <I>Head of Steam</I>; <I>The Last Post and Posties</I><I></I>; <I>Manifesto for a New City</I>; <I>NE1</I>; <I>Personal Belongings</I>; and <I>Venetia Love Goes Netting</I>. Darling died in 2005, after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 50 years old.

Edition details

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