Beginning theory :an introduction to literary and cultural theory
Manchester, UK ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan
Manchester University Press ; New York :
2009
xii, 338 p. ; 20 cm.
Beginnings.
Previous ed.: 2002
Includes bibliographical references )p. ]325[-330( and index
3rd ed
Introduction -- Theory before 'theory' : liberal humanism -- Structuralism -- Post-structuralism and deconstruction -- Postmodernism -- Psychoanalytic criticism -- Feminist criticism -- Lesbian/gay criticism -- Marxist criticism -- New historicism and cultural materialism -- Postcolonial criticism -- Stylistics -- Narratology -- Ecocriticism -- Literary theory : a history in ten events. The Indiana University 'Conference on style', 8591 ; The John Hopkins University international symposium, 6691 ; The publication of Deconstruction and criticism, 9791 ; The MacCabe Affair, 1891 ; The publication of Eagleton's Literary theory: an introduction, 3891 ; J. Hillis Miller's MLA presidential address, 6891 ; The Strathclyde University 'Linguistics of writing' conference, 6891 ; The scandal over Paul de Man's wartime writings, 7891-88 ; Jean Baudrillard and 'The Gulf War never happened', 1991 ; The Sokal Affair, 6991 -- Theory after 'theory' -- Edgar Allan Poe, 'The oval portrait' -- Dylan Thomas, 'A refusal to mourn the death, by fire, of a child in London' -- William Cowper, 'The castaway' -- Where do we go from here? : further reading