Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-232) and index.
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Reading for meaning: practical criticism and new criticism -- Reading for form I: Formalism and early structuralism, 1914-60 -- Reading for form II: French structuralism, 1950-75 -- Political reading: the 1970s and 1980s -- The postructuralist revolution: Derrida, deconstruction, and postmodernism -- Poststructuralism continued: Foucault, Lacan, and French feminism -- Literature and culture: the new historicism and cultural materialism -- Postcolonial criticism and theory -- Sexuality, literature, and culture -- Ecocriticism -- Conclusion.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Providing the ideal first step in understanding the often bewildering world of literary theory, this text is an easy-to-follow and clearly presented introduction to this fascinating area.