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Presents the eleven basic schools of twentieth-century literary theory and criticism in their historical and philosophical contexts. Unlike other introductions to literary criticism, this text explores the philosophical assumptions of each school of criticism, provides a clear methodology for writing essays according to each school's beliefs and tenets, and features accessible student-generated sample essays.
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This introduction to literary theory and criticism -- its historical development and the variety of theoretical positions or schools of criticism -- is designed to help students make conscious, informed, and intelligent choices concerning their own methods of literary interpretation.
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The fourth edition of the bestselling Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice showcases various schools of 20th century criticism in historical and philosophical contexts.
New features include:
· A new chapter on queer theory.
· Every chapter has been revised with new introductions with appropriate new critical vocabulary, critical terms, further readings sections, and web sites.
· New student essays
· Structuralism and Deconstruction have been combined into one section to make the material clearer and more streamlined.
· The addition of Plotinus, Giovanni Boccaccio, Joseph Addison, Percy Pysshe Shelley, and Mikhail Bakhtin.
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- PublisherPearson College Div
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0131534483
- ISBN 13 9780131534483
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- LanguageEnglish
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