Beginning theory : an introduction to literary and cultural theory
Peter Barry (Author)
"Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for well over two decades now. This new and expanded fourth 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 for this edition and includes a new introduction, expanded chapters, and an overview of the subject (Theory after Theory) which maps the arrival of new 'isms' since the second edition appeared in 2002 and the third edition in 2009."--Publisher's description
eBook, English, 2017
Fourth edition View all formats and editions
Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2017
1 online resource : illustrations
9781526121806, 9781847793997, 1526121808, 1847793991
1001389243
Preface to the fourth editionIntroduction1 Theory before 'theory'2 Structuralism 3 Post-structuralism and deconstruction 4 Postmodernism 5 Psychoanalytic criticism 6 Feminist criticism7 Queer theory8 Marxist criticism 9 New historicism and cultural materialism 10 Postcolonial criticism 11 Stylistics 12 Narratology 13 Ecocriticism14 Literary theory – a history in ten events15 Theory after 'Theory'AppendicesWhere do we go from here? Further readingIndex -- .
Previous edition: 2008
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