edited by Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan
This anthology covers all the major schools and methods that make up the dynamic field of literary theory, from Formalism to Postcolonialism.
by Gregory Castle
This student-friendly text introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, as well as showing them how to perform literary analysis.
by Mary Klages
This book provides precise definitions of terms and concepts in literary theory, along with explanations of the major movements and figures in literary and cultural theory and an extensive bibliography.
by Michael Ryan
A companion to Literary Theory: An Anthology (3rd ed), this volume introduces students to a variety of contemporary approaches to the study of literature and culture, and demonstrates how the varying perspectives on texts can lead to different interpretations of the same work.
edited by Winston Napier
This volume documents the central texts and arguments in African American literary theory from the 1920s through the present.
by Julian Wolfreys, Ruth Robbins, and Kenneth Womack
This text presents a broad range of accessible, precise and authoritative definitions of the most significant terms and concepts used in psychoanalytic, poststructuralist, Marxist, feminist, and postcolonial literary studies. The text also provides discussions of the main areas of literary, critical, and cultural theory.
This series is designed to introduce students to contemporary trends in literary theory and criticism. Each volume reprints the text of a classic work of literature along with five essays that read the work from five contemporary critical perspectives.
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