Critical Terms for Literary Study 2nd edition

Lentricchia, Frank (editor); McLaughlin, Thomas (editor)

ISBN 10: 0226472035 / ISBN 13: 9780226472034

Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., 1995

About this Item

2nd edition. Highlighting to approx. 15 pages, else text clean; binding tight; moderate wear to covers. 486 pages.

Seller Inventory # S159-033766

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Critical Terms for Literary Study 2nd edition
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226472035
• ISBN 13: 9780226472034
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

An essential primer and guide to literary studies for students and scholars

Critical Terms for Literary Study is an essential handbook and introduction to the work of literary theory. Covering a broad range of key terms that include popular culture, diversity, imperialism, ethics, desire, class, gender, race, canon, representation, and much more through essays by leading scholars, it provides a concise history of each term alongside a critical exploration of the issues and questions for the field that it raises, followed by demonstrations of reading strategies driven by the term.

Exploring the concepts that shape the way we read, the essays combine to provide an extraordinary introduction to the work of literature and literary study, as the nation's most distinguished scholars put the tools of critical practice vividly to use.

About the Author

Frank Lentricchia is the Katherine Everett Gilbert Professor of Literature and Theater Studies in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University. He is the author or editor of ten critical works, most recently Modernist Quartet, several novels, and a memoir.