The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900-2000 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140510774X ISBN 13: 9781405107747

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Synopsis

The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900–2000 is a collection of the most influential writings on the theory of the novel from the twentieth century.

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• Traces the rise of novel theory and the extension of its influence into other disciplines, especially social, cultural and political theory.
  
• Broad in scope, including sections on formalism; the Chicago School; structuralism and narratology; deconstruction; psychoanalysis; Marxism; social discourse; gender; post-colonialism; and more.
  
• Includes whole essays or chapters wherever possible.
  
• Headnotes introduce and link each piece, enabling readers to draw connections between different schools of thought.
  
• Encourages students to approach theoretical texts with confidence, applying the same skills they bring to literary texts.
  
• Includes a volume introduction, a selected bibliography, an index of topics and short author biographies to support study.

About this title

Book Description:

The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900-2000 is a comprehensive collection of the most influential writings on the theory of the novel from the twentieth century. This volume charts the invention of novel theory as a field, its rise to prominence within literary studies, and the expansion of its influence into interdisciplinary theories of society, politics and culture. The anthology is broad in scope, featuring sections on formalism; the Chicago School; structuralism and narratology; deconstruction; psychoanalysis; Marxism; social discourse; gender; post-colonialism; and more. Headnotes to each piece help students to see connections between different schools of thought. Other aids to study include a volume introduction, a selected bibliography, an index of topics, and short author biographies. Whole essays or chapters are included wherever possible. The anthology as a whole encourages students to approach theoretical texts with confidence, applying the same skills they bring to literary texts.

About the Author:

Dorothy J. Hale is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Social Formalism: The Novel in Theory from Henry James to the Present (1998), which won the George and Barbara Perkins Prize given yearly by the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature for the best book published on narrative.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 140510774X
• ISBN 13: 9781405107747
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 848
• Editor: Hale Dorothy J.