Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index.
1. Reading for meaning : practical criticism and new criticism -- 2. Reading for form I : formalism and early structuralism, 1914-1960 -- 3. Reading for form II : French structuralism, 1950-1975 -- 4. Political reading : the 1970s and 1980s -- 5. The poststucturalist revolution : Derrida, deconstruction, and postmodernism -- 6. Poststructuralism continued : Foucault, Lacan, and French feminism -- 7. Literature and culture : the new historicism and cultural materialism -- 8. Postcolonial criticism and theory -- 9. Sexuality, literature, and culture.
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Part of the successful The Basics series, this accessible guide provides the ideal first step in understanding literary theory.