Beginning Theory An Introduction To Literary & Cultural Theory By Peter Barry

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Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade w. This new and expanded third edition continues to offer students and readers the best one-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions about the critics and the theories they represent, Peter Barry allows readers to develop their own ideas once first principles and concepts have been grasped. The book has been updated and includes two new chapters, one of which (Literary theory - a history in ten events) invatively surveys the course of theory, while the other (Theory after 'Theory') maps the arrival of new 'isms' since the second edition appeared in 2002. 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 - Presentism/Transversal poetics/New aestheticism/Historical formalism/Cognitive poetics.

Key Features
Author(s) Peter Barry
Publisher Manchester University Press
Date of Publication 01/11/2008
Language English
Format Paperback
ISBN-10 0719079276
ISBN-13 9780719079276
Subject Literary Theory
Series Title Beginnings

Publication Data
Place of Publication Manchester
Country of Publication United Kingdom
Imprint Manchester University Press
Content Note Illustrations, black & white

Dimensions
Weight 340 g
Width 129 mm
Height 198 mm
Spine 28 mm

Credits
Series Edited by Peter Barry,John McLeod

Editorial Details
Format Details B-format paperback
Edition Statement 3rd Revised edition

Description
Table Of Contents 1. Theory before 'Theory' - Liberal humanism 2. Structuralism 3. Post-structuralism and deconstruction 4. Postmodernism 5. Psychoanalytic criticism 6. Feminist criticism 7. Lesbian/gay criticism 8. Marxist criticism 9. New historicism and cultural materialism 10. Postcolonial criticism 11. Stylistics 12. Narratology 13. Ecocriticism 14. Literary theory - a history in ten events 15. Theory after 'Theory' Appendices Edgar Allan Poe: 'The Oval Portrait' Dylan Thomas: 'A Refusal to Mourn' William Cowper: 'The Castaway' Where do we go from here: Further reading
Author Biography Peter Barry is Professor of English at the University of Aberystwyth

 



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