How to Interpret Literature: Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies
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Book Overview
Offering a refreshing combination of accessibility and intellectual rigor, How to Interpret Literature: Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies, Second Edition, presents an up-to-date, concise, and wide-ranging historicist survey of contemporary thinking in critical theory. The only book of its kind that thoroughly merges literary studies with cultural studies, this text provides a critical look at the major movements in literary studies since the 1930s, including those often omitted from other texts. It is also the only up-to-date survey of literary theory that devotes extensive treatment to Queer Theory and Postcolonial and Race Studies. How to Interpret Literature, Second Edition, is ideal as either a stand-alone text or in conjunction with an anthology of primary readings such as Robert Dale Parker's Critical Theory: A Reader for Literary and Cultural Studies.
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
* Uses a conversational and engaging tone that speaks directly to today's students
* Covers a variety of theoretical schools--including New Criticism, Structuralism, Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and Marxism--weaving connections among chapters to show how these different movements respond to and build on each other
* Offers a rich assortment of pedagogical features (charts, text boxes that address frequently asked questions, photos, and a bibliography)
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
* Uses a conversational and engaging tone that speaks directly to today's students
* Covers a variety of theoretical schools--including New Criticism, Structuralism, Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and Marxism--weaving connections among chapters to show how these different movements respond to and build on each other
* Offers a rich assortment of pedagogical features (charts, text boxes that address frequently asked questions, photos, and a bibliography)
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:019975750X
ISBN13:9780199757503
Release Date:July 2011
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:368 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 8.2" x 5.4"
Customer Reviews
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Recommended for its Clarity and Quality
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This book is an informative survey in critical theory. It's incredibly accessible, but if you want to dig deeper into the concepts, there's plenty of material there. If you're an programmer considering taking an English course, know that this book is to criticism as K & R is to C. It's that good. :) I'll be using is as a desktop reference for all future work in English.
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