The Bloomsbury Handbook of Literary and Cultural Theory

Zusatztext This book is an essential reference work on current thought and opinion on this topic, and both faculty and students of cultural and literary theory will enjoy perusal and deep exploration of its contents. Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey R. Di Leo is Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Houston-Victoria, USA . He is editor and founder of the critical theory journal symploke , editor-in-chief of American Book Review , and Executive Director of the Society for Critical Exchange and its Winter Theory Institute. He is author, editor, or co-editor of 40 books. His recent books include Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory: An Overview (2023), Out of Print (2024), and Happiness (2024). Klappentext The Bloomsbury Handbook of Literary and Cultural Theory is the most comprehensive available survey of the state of the art t/Theory in the 21st-century. With chapters written by the world's leading scholars in their field, the book explores the latest thinking in traditional schools such as feminist, Marxist, historicist, psychoanalytic and postcolonial criticism and new areas of research in ecocriticism, biopolitics, affect studies, posthumanism, materialism and many other fields.In addition, the book includes a substantial A to Z of key words and important thinkers in contemporary theory, making this an essential resource for scholars of literary and cultural theory at all levels. Vorwort With chapters written by the world's leading scholars in their fields, this is a comprehensive survey of the cutting edge of literary and cultural theory in the 21st century. Zusammenfassung The Bloomsbury Handbook of Literary and Cultural Theory is the most comprehensive available survey of the state of the art t/Theory in the 21st-century. With chapters written by the world’s leading scholars in their field, the book explores the latest thinking in traditional schools such as feminist, Marxist, historicist, psychoanalytic and postcolonial criticism and new areas of research in ecocriticism, biopolitics, affect studies, posthumanism, materialism and many other fields. In addition, the book includes a substantial A to Z of key words and important thinkers in contemporary theory, making this an essential resource for scholars of literary and cultural theory at all levels. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction: Theory in the New Millennium Jeffrey R. Di Leo (University of Houston, Victoria, USA) Part One: Essays 1. Early Theory, Paul Allen Miller (University of South Carolina, USA) 2. Structuralism and Semiotics, Herman Rapaport (Wake Forest University, USA) 3. Narrative and Narratology, Gerald Prince (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 4. Marxism, Peter Hitchcock (City College of New York, USA) 5. Poststructuralism, Daniel T. O'Hara (Temple University, USA) 6. Historicisms, Harold Aram Veeser (City College of New York, USA) 7. Psychoanalytic Theory, Jean-Michel Rabaté (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 8. Rhetoric, Steven Mailloux (Loyola Marymount University, USA) 9. Deconstruction, Henry Sussman (Yale University, USA) 10. Feminism, Robin Truth Goodman (Florida State University, USA) 11. Cultural Studies, John Frow (University of Sydney, Australia) 12. Postmodernism, Jeffrey T. Nealon (Pennsylvania State University, USA) 13. Race and Postcolonial Studies, Nicole Simek (Whitman College, USA) 14. Ecocriticism, Claire Colebrook (Pennsylvania State University, USA) 15. Biopower and Biopolitics, Gregg Lambert (Syracuse University, USA) 16. Pop Culture, Aaron Jaffe (Florida State University, USA) 17. Comparativisms, Alexander Beecroft (University of South Carolina, U...

List of contents

Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Introduction: Theory in the New Millennium
Jeffrey R. Di Leo (University of Houston, Victoria, USA)

Part One: Essays
1. Early Theory, Paul Allen Miller (University of South Carolina, USA)
2. Structuralism and Semiotics, Herman Rapaport (Wake Forest University, USA)
3. Narrative and Narratology, Gerald Prince (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
4. Marxism, Peter Hitchcock (City College of New York, USA)
5. Poststructuralism, Daniel T. O'Hara (Temple University, USA)
6. Historicisms, Harold Aram Veeser (City College of New York, USA)
7. Psychoanalytic Theory, Jean-Michel Rabaté (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
8. Rhetoric, Steven Mailloux (Loyola Marymount University, USA)
9. Deconstruction, Henry Sussman (Yale University, USA)
10. Feminism, Robin Truth Goodman (Florida State University, USA)
11. Cultural Studies, John Frow (University of Sydney, Australia)
12. Postmodernism, Jeffrey T. Nealon (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
13. Race and Postcolonial Studies, Nicole Simek (Whitman College, USA)
14. Ecocriticism, Claire Colebrook (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
15. Biopower and Biopolitics, Gregg Lambert (Syracuse University, USA)
16. Pop Culture, Aaron Jaffe (Florida State University, USA)
17. Comparativisms, Alexander Beecroft (University of South Carolina, USA)
18. Translation, Brian O'Keeffe (Barnard College, USA)
19. Media Studies, Toby Miller (Cardiff University, UK)
20. Digital Humanities, Joseph Tabbi (University of Illinois, Chicago, USA)
21. Late Capitalism, Henry A. Giroux (McMaster University, Canada)
22. Identity Studies, Mike Hill (State University of New York, Albany, USA)
23. Materialisms, Chris Breu (Illinois State University, USA)
24. Posthumanism, Zahi Zalloua (Whitman College, USA)
25. University Studies, Jeffrey J. Williams (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
25. Affect Studies, Sean Grattan (University of Kent, UK)
26. Antitheory, Vincent Leitch (University of Oklahoma, USA)

Part Two: Terms and Figures

Index

About the author

Jeffrey R. Di Leo is Professor of English and Philosophy and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Houston-Victoria, USA. He is editor of the American Book Review, founding editor of the journal symploke, and executive director of the Society for Critical Exchange and its Winter Theory Institute.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey R Di Leo
• Assisted by: Jeffrey R. Di Leo (Editor), Professor Jeffrey R. Di Leo (Editor), Professor Jeffrey R. (University of Houston-Victoria Di Leo (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781350183612
• ISBN: 978-1-350-18361-2
• No. of pages: 800
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 44 mm
• Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Literary theory