Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory
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Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory

An Overview

  1. 472 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory

An Overview

About this book

The most exhaustive mapping of contemporary literary theory to date, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the current state of the field of contemporary literary theory. Examining 75 key topics across 15 chapters, it provides an approachable and encyclopedic introduction to the most important areas of contemporary theory today.

Proceeding broadly chronologically from early theory all the way through to postcritique, Di Leo masterfully unpacks established topics such as psychoanalysis, structuralism and Marxism, as well as newer topics such as trans* theory, animal studies, disability studies, blue humanities, speculative realism and many more.

Featuring accessible discussion of the work of foundational theorists such as Lacan, Derrida and Freud as well as contemporary theorists such as Haraway, Braidotti and Hayles, it offers a magisterial examination of an enormously rich and varied body of work.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Early Theory
  8. 2 Structuralism and Semiotics
  9. 3 Marxism
  10. 4 Psychoanalytic Theory
  11. 5 Poststructuralism
  12. 6 Feminist Theory
  13. 7 LGBTQ+ Theory
  14. 8 Race and Justice
  15. 9 Biopolitics
  16. 10 Globalization
  17. 11 Ecocriticism
  18. 12 Posthumanism
  19. 13 Affect Studies
  20. 14 Pop Culture
  21. 15 Against Theory
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index
  24. Copyright