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Beginning theory :

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0719079276 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

9780719079276 (pbk.)

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Title Proper

Beginning theory :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

an introduction to literary and cultural theory /

First Statement of Responsibility

Peter Barry

Edition Statement

3rd ed

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 338 p. ;

Dimensions

20 cm

Series Title

Beginnings

Text of Note

Previous ed.: 2002

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-330) and index

Text of Note

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', 1958 ; The John Hopkins University international symposium, 1966 ; The publication of Deconstruction and criticism, 1979 ; The MacCabe Affair, 1981 ; The publication of Eagleton's Literary theory: an introduction, 1983 ; J. Hillis Miller's MLA presidential address, 1986 ; The Strathclyde University 'Linguistics of writing' conference, 1986 ; The scandal over Paul de Man's wartime writings, 1987-88 ; Jean Baudrillard and 'The Gulf War never happened', 1991 ; The Sokal Affair, 1996 -- 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

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"Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade now."-back cover

Criticism

Literature-- Philosophy

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Edition

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Book number

Barry, Peter,1947-

Date of Transaction

20121219101600.0

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