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.
Table of Contents:
  • 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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