Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice
Bressler, Charles E.
ISBN 10: 0135330017 ISBN 13: 9780135330012
Published by Prentice-Hall, 1994
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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 take conscious, informed and intelligent choices concerning their own methods of literary interpretation. The text places literary theory and criticism in historical perspective, from Plato to Henry James. It discusses each of the eight basic schools of theoretical positions concerning literary theory and criticism separately: new criticism; reader-response criticism; structuralism; deconstruction; psychoanalytic criticism; feminism; Marxism; and new historicism. Three works of literature are included: Nathanial Hawthorne's story, "Young Goodman Brown"; Robert Browning's poem, "My Last Duchess"; and Susan Glaspell's play, "Trifles".
From the Publisher: 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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Title: Literary Criticism: An Introduction to ...
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good