A practical reader in contemporary literary theory / Peter Brooker and Peter Widdowson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooker, Peter.

Contributor:

Widdowson, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism--History--20th century.

Criticism.

History.

Literature, Modern--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Physical Description:

ix, 498 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London, New York : Prentice Hall, 1996.

Summary:

This book is specifically targeted to present literary criticism through practical examples of essays by literary theorists themselves, on texts both within and outside the literary canon.

This introduction to practicing literary theory is a reader consisting of extracts from critical analyses, largely by 20th century Anglo-American literary critics, that truly connects theory and practice by way of specific examples.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0134425677

OCLC:

34322303