Key Concepts in Literary Theory (Key Concepts in Literature) - Softcover

Julian Wolfreys; Ruth Robbins; Kenneth Womack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 074866839X ISBN 13: 9780748668397

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This title provides clear and useful discussions of the main areas of literary, critical and cultural theory. It includes Key Concepts in Literary Theory presents the student of literary and critical studies with a broad range of accessible, precise and authoritative definitions of the most significant terms and concepts currently used in psychoanalytic, poststructuralist, Marxist, feminist, and postcolonial literary studies. It includes more than 100 additional terms and concepts defined. It provides newly defined terms that include keywords from the social sciences, cultural studies and psychoanalysis and the addition of a broader selection of classical rhetorical terms. It is an expanded chronology, with additional entries and a broader historical and cultural range. It offers expanded bibliographies including key texts by major critics.

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About the Author

Julian Wolfreys is Professor of Modern Literature and Culture, with the Department of English and Drama, at Loughborough University. Ruth Robbins is Senior Lecturer in English at Leeds Metropolitan University. Kenneth Womack is Professor of Englisj and Intergrative Arts at Penn State University's Altoona College, where he also serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

From the Back Cover

Key concepts in literary theoryThird editionJulian Wolfreys, Kenneth Womack and Ruth RobbinsNew edition of bestselling A–Z guide to key topics and ideas in contemporary literary theoryThis glossary is the first port of call for the concise, reliable information that you might need about a key term, a given school or the key texts of a major thinker. More than 100 new definitions of terms are included for the first time, as well as updates to recent developments in critical schools of thought. Thorough and reliable, the third edition of Key Concepts in Literary Theory will help you broaden your critical vocabulary and your understanding of this exciting field of study.Key Features•Combines a glossary of key terms; introductions to schools of thought; and a guide to the key texts of the major thinkers•Thoroughly updated and revised•Provides expert guidance to the beginning student•Essential for those who are learning to think theoretically in literary studiesJulian Wolfreys is Professor of English Literature and Director of the Centre for Studies in Literature at Portsmouth University. He is author and editor of more than 40 books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century English literature and literary theory and has most recently published Dickens’s London and The Derrida Wordbook, both with Edinburgh University Press.Kenneth Womack is Professor of English and Integrative Arts at Penn State University’s Altoona College. He is the author of numerous works of nonfiction, including Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles.Ruth Robbins is Professor of English and head of the School of Cultural Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University. She is the author of a number of books on both literature and theory, including most recently Oscar Wilde (2011).

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074866839X
• ISBN 13: 9780748668397
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 240