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Beginning theory : an introduction to literary and cultural theory / Peter Barry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barry, Peter, 1947- author.
- Series:
- Beginnings (Manchester, England)
- Beginnings
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 362 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The expanded fourth edition offers readers a single-volume introduction to the field of literary and cultural theory. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly presented, allowing readers to develop their own ideas once first principles and concepts have been grasped.
- Contents:
- Theory Before 'Theory'
- Liberal Humanism
- Structuralism
- Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction
- Postmodernism
- Psychoanalytic Criticism
- Feminist Criticism
- Lesbian/Gay Criticism
- Marxist Criticism
- New Historicism and Cultural Materialism
- Postcolonial Criticism
- Stylistics
- Narratology
- Ecocriticism.
- Notes:
- Previous edition: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-5352-1
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