Literary Theory and Criticism - An Oxford Guide

Zusatztext The quality of essays is consistently high, with outstanding contributions by Timothy Clark on hermeneutics, Chris Baldick on criticism and the academy, Chris Snipp-Walmsley on post-modernism, and Sean Burke on the responsibilities of the writer. Klappentext This volume offers a comprehensive account of modern literary criticism! presenting the field as part of an ongoing historical and intellectual tradition. Featuring thirty-nine specially commissioned chapters from an international team of esteemed contributors! it fills a large gap in the market by combining the accessibility of single-authored selections with a wide range of critical perspectives. The volume is divided into four parts. Part One covers the key philosophical and aesthetic origins of literary theory! while Part Two discusses the foundational movements and thinkers in the first half of the twentieth century. Part Three offers introductory overviews of the most important movements and thinkers in modern literary theory! and Part Four looks at emergent trends and future directions. Zusammenfassung Edited by Patricia Waugh, this comprehensive guide to literary theory and criticism includes 39 specially commissioned chapters by an outstanding international team of academics. The volume is divided into four parts. Part One covers the key philosophical and aesthetic origins of literary theory, Part Two looks at the foundational movements and thinkers in the first half of the twentieth century, Part Three offers introductory overviews of the most important movements and thinkers in modern literary theory and Part Four looks at emergent trends and future directions.

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• Authors: Patricia Waugh, Patricia (Patricia Waugh Is Professor of En Waugh
• Assisted by: Patricia Waugh (Editor), Patricia (Patricia Waugh is Professor of English at the University of Durham) Waugh (Editor), Waugh Patricia (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.01.2006
• EAN: 9780199291335
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929133-5
• No. of pages: 624
• Series: Oxford Guide; Oxford Guide
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Literary theory