Modern Literary Criticism and Theory : A History
by M. A. R. Habib
2020-07-22 20:46:11
Modern Literary Criticism and Theory : A History
by M. A. R. Habib
2020-07-22 20:46:11
Written in concise and clear language, this book offers an historical overview of literary criticism and theory throughout the twentieth century along with a close analysis of some of the most important and commonly taught texts from the period. ...
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Written in concise and clear language, this book offers an historical overview of literary criticism and theory throughout the twentieth century along with a close analysis of some of the most important and commonly taught texts from the period.
- Provides an accessible introduction to modern literary theory and criticism
- Places various modes of criticism within their historical and intellectual contexts
- Offers close readings of some of the major critical texts of the period
- Explores the works of a diverse group of 20th-century writers, including Babbitt, Woolf, Bakhtin, Heidegger, Lacan, Derrida, Judith Butler, Zizek, Nussbaum, Negri and Hardt
- Covers formalism, psychoanalysis, structuralism, deconstruction, Marxism, feminism, reader-response criticism, historicism, gender studies, cultural studies, and film theory
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