INTRODUCING LITERARY THEORIES: A Guide and Glossary, HB

Book Details

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Author: Julian Wolfreys

• Language: English

• ISBN: 9788131607794

• Pages: 332

• Binding: Hardcover

• Release Date: 01-12-2016

• Package Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches

About the Book

Introducing Literary Theories offers a comprehensive and accessible guide to literary theory, making it ideal for those new to the subject. It covers a wide range of major theoretical approaches, explained clearly and with practical examples. Key theoretical methods and their application to key texts are explored in the following chapters:

• Bakhtinian Criticism

• Structuralism

• Feminist Theory

• Marxist Literary Theories

• Reader-Response Theories

• Psychoanalytic Criticism

• Deconstruction

• Poststructuralism

• New Historicism

• Cultural Materialism

• Postcolonial Theory

• Gay Studies/Queer Theories

• Cultural Studies

• Postmodernism

Each chapter offers a clear presentation of the theory in question and illustrates it through readings of key literary texts such as:

• In Memoriam A.H.H.

• Middlemarch

• Mrs Dalloway

• Paradise Lost

• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

• Prospero’s Books

• The Swimming Pool Library

• The Tempest

Every chapter ends with questions for further thought, annotated bibliographies, and a glossary of critical terms, making it a highly readable and self-contained guide for students of literary theory.

About the Author

Julian Wolfreys is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Florida. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including Reading: Acts of Close Reading in Literary Theory and Victorian Hauntings: Spectrality, Gothic, the Uncanny. His expertise in literary theory and cultural studies is evident in his work on both foundational and contemporary literary concepts.