An introduction to literature, criticism and theory

Author(s)

• Bennett, Andrew
• Royle, Nicholas

Bibliographic Information

An introduction to literature, criticism and theory

Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle

Prentice Hall Europe, 1999

2nd ed

Note

Previous ed.: 1995

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book presents the key critical concepts in literary studies today, avoiding the jargonistic, abstract nature of much 'theory'. The authors explore crucial issues in contemporary criticism and theory by focusing closely on a range of texts, from Chaucer to Achebe and from Milton to Morrison.

Table of Contents

1. The Beginning 2. Readers and Reading 3. The Author 4. The Text and the World 5. The Uncanny 6. Narrative 7. Character 8. Voice 9. Figures and Tropes 10. Laughter 11. The Tragic 12. History 13. Me 14. Sexual Difference 15. God 16. Ideology 17. Desire 18. Suspense 19. Racial Difference 20. The Performative 21. Secrets 22. The Postmodern 23. Pleasure 24. Queer 25. Ghosts 26. The Colony 27. Monuments The End

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA44861818
• ISBN:
  • 0130109142
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 304 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 801.95
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
  • LCSH : Criticism