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Literary Theory

A Practical Introduction
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Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction, Third Edition offers a broad overview of modern methods for analysing literature and culture. It covers a wide range of approaches, including formalism, structuralism, historicism, and extends to ethnic, gender, and science studies. The text illustrates how diverse critical perspectives can produce varying interpretations of a single work. This edition includes numerous updates with new literary texts and expanded sections, serving as an ideal companion to Literary Theory: An Anthology.
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Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction, Third Edition, presents a comprehensive introduction to the full range of contemporary approaches to the study of literature and culture, from formalism, structuralism, and historicism to ethnic, gender, and science studies.

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Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction, Third Edition, presents a comprehensive introduction to the full range of contemporary approaches to the study of literature and culture, from formalism, structuralism, and historicism to ethnic, gender, and science studies.

Introduces students to a variety of contemporary approaches to the study of literature and culture.

Demonstrates how the varying perspectives on texts can lead to different interpretations of the same work.

Features numerous updates that include new literary texts, and new and expanded sections.

Represents the ideal accompaniment to the upcoming Third Edition of Literary Theory: An Anthology.

Series: How to Study Literature

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119061755

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 3rd edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by Michael Ryan
  • Edited by Michael Ryan

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 226.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Michael Ryan is Professor of Film and Media Arts at Temple University. His books include Marxism and Deconstruction (1982), Camera Politica: The Politics and Ideology of Contemporary American Film (with Douglas Kellner, 1986), Politics and Culture (1989), and Literary Theory: An Anthology (3nd edition, edited with Julie Rivkin).

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