Literary theory : an introduction

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First published in 1983, Literary Theory: An Introduction is probably the best-selling work of literary criticism in the world today. It propelled its author to a position of such influence and controversy within the British academy that even Prince Charles once described him as "that dreadful...

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Main Author: Eagleton, Terry
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Blackwell, 1983.
Subjects:
Criticism. > Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. > Literature -- Theory, etc. > Criticism -- History -- 20th century.
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505 |a  Introduction: what is literature? -- The rise of English -- Phenomenology, hermeneutics, reception theory -- Structuralism and semiotics -- Post-structuralism -- Psychoanalysis -- Conclusion: political criticism. 
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