Modern literary theory : a reader / edited by Philip Rice and Patricia Waugh.
"The third edition of this classic reader, like its successful predecessors, makes available in a single accessible volume examples of the writings of many key figures in the field together with seminal essays that have explored and extended the implications of critical theory. The new editionr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Arnold,
1996.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Summary: | "The third edition of this classic reader, like its successful predecessors, makes available in a single accessible volume examples of the writings of many key figures in the field together with seminal essays that have explored and extended the implications of critical theory. The new editionretains those essays and documents that can now be considered as part of the canon of modern literary theory and adds a wide selection of fresh material--New Historicist, Postmodernist, Postcolonialist, and retrospective accounts that reflect upon some of the critical issues now emerging in theretreat from earlier theoretical totalities."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 385 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-383) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0340645857 9780340645857 |