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Literary Theory and Criticism : An Oxford Guide by Patricia Waugh (2006, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100199258368

ISBN-139780199258369

eBay Product ID (ePID)30766778

Product Key Features

Number of Pages624 Pages

Publication NameLiterary Theory and Criticism : an Oxford Guide

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, Semiotics & Theory

Publication Year2006

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

AuthorPatricia Waugh

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight42.3 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2005-029754

ReviewsThe quality of essays is consistently high, with outstanding contributions by Timothy Clark on hermeneutics, Chris Baldick on criticism and the academy, Chris Snipp-Walmsley on post-modernism, and Sean Burke on the responsibilities of the writer.

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal801/.9509

Table Of ContentIntroduction: criticism, theory, and anti-theoryPart I Concepts of criticism and aesthetic origins1. Mimesis: ancient Greek literary theory2. Expressivity: the Romantic theory of authorship3. Interpretation: hermeneutics4. Value: criticism, canons, and evaluationPart II Criticism and critical practices in the twentieth century5. Literature and the academy6. I. A. Richards7. T. S. Eliot and the idea of tradition8. Anthropology, myth, and modern criticism9. F. R. Leavis: criticism and culture10. Marxist aesthetics11. William Empson: from verbal analysis to cultural criticism12. The New Criticism13. The intentional fallacy14. Adorno and the Frankfurt School15. Freud and psychoanalysis16. The Russian debate on narrative17. Bakhtin and dialogics18. Form, rhetoric, and intellectual history19. Literature into culture: cultural studies after LeavisPart III Literary theory: movements and schools20. Structuralism and narrative poetics21. Psychoanalysis after Freud22. Deconstruction23. Feminisms24. Postcolonialism25. Race, nation, and ethnicity26. Reconstructing historicism27. Postmodernism28. Sexualities29. Science and criticism: beyond the culture warsPart IV Futures and retrospects30. Performing literary interpretation31. The responsibilities of the writer32. Mixing memory and desire: psychoanalysis, psychology, and trauma theory33. Theories of the gaze34. Anti-canon theory35. Environmentalism and ecocriticism36. Cognitive literary criticism37. Writing excess: the poetic principle of post-literary cultureIndex

SynopsisEdited by Patricia Waugh, this comprehensive guide to literary theory and criticism includes 39 specially commissioned chapters by an outstanding international team of academics. The volume is divided into four parts. Part One covers the key philosophical and aesthetic origins of literary theory, Part Two looks at the foundational movements and thinkers in the first half of the twentieth century, Part Three offers introductory overviews of the most important movements and thinkers in modern literary theory and Part Four looks at emergent trends and future directions., This volume offers a comprehensive account of modern literary criticism, presenting the field as part of an ongoing historical and intellectual tradition. Featuring thirty-nine specially commissioned chapters from an international team of esteemed contributors, it fills a large gap in the market by combining the accessibility of single-authored selections with a wide range of critical perspectives. The volume is divided into four parts. Part One covers the key philosophical and aesthetic origins of literary theory, while Part Two discusses the foundational movements and thinkers in the first half of the twentieth century. Part Three offers introductory overviews of the most important movements and thinkers in modern literary theory, and Part Four looks at emergent trends and future directions.

LC Classification NumberPN81