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Informationen zum Autor David Ayers is Reader in Modernism and Critical Theory, and Director of the Centre for Modern Poetry, at the University of Kent. His publications include Wyndham Lewis and Western Man (1992), English Literature of the 1920s (1999) and Modernism: A Short Introduction (2004). Klappentext Literary Theory: A Reintroduction introduces the current state of theory by placing it in its social, historical, and institutional contexts.Beginning in the 1920s, the book looks at the impact of the periods preceding the "theory movement" and re-introduces this movement from a contemporary perspective. Engaging the reader in questions about the origin, reception, and analysis of literary theory, Ayers explores how and why popular criticisms developed, and considers their futures. Major influences on the development of modern theory are examined, among them the creation of university English and campus politics; the Cold War; the Anglo-Americanization of French and German theory; the culture wars; the politics of contemporary historicist scholarship. Key figures such as F.R. Leavis, Raymond Williams, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler and Alain Badiou are also discussed. Zusammenfassung Literary Theory: A Reintroduction introduces the current state of theory by placing it in its social, historical, and institutional contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. 1. English as a University Subject. 2. The New Criticism and Beyond. 3. Reconfiguring English Studies. 4. The Politics of Theory. 5. From Work to Text. 6. Enlightenment and Modernity. 7. PC Wars. 8. Ethics. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index
List of contents
Introduction.
1. English as a University Subject.
2. The New Criticism and Beyond.
3. Reconfiguring English Studies.
4. The Politics of Theory.
5. From Work To Text.
6. Enlightenment and Modernity.
7. PC Wars.
8. Ethics.
Notes.
Selected Bibliography.
Index
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"Ayers does a superb job in tracing the many strands of theory ... Well written, it displays a wealth of learning and has some beautifully modulated arguments." Times Higher Education Supplement
