A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory is a classic introduction to the complex yet crucial area of literary theory. This book is known for its clear, accessible style and its thorough, logical approach, guiding the reader through the essentials of literary theory. It includes two new chapters: 'New Materialisms' which incorporates ecocriticism, animal studies, posthumanism and thing theory; '21 st Century and Future Developments' which includes technology, digital humanities, ethics and affect.
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A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory
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A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface to the Sixth Edition
- Introduction
- 1 New Criticism, moral formalism and F. R. Leavis
- 2 Russian Formalism and the Bakhtin School
- 3 Reader-oriented theories
- 4 Structuralism
- 5 Marxism
- 6 Psychoanalysis
- 7 Feminism
- 8 Poststructuralism, New Historicism and Cultural Materialism
- 9 Postmodernism
- 10 Postcolonialism, race and ethnicity
- 11 Gay, lesbian and queer theories
- 12 Post-theory
- 13 Ecocriticism, Animal Studies, Thing Theory
- 14 World Literature and Digital Humanities
- Appendix
- Index
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