A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary TheoryRetaining the valuable features of the original book, this revision provides coverage of the main literary theories and useful further readings as well as bibliographies. Remaining true to its title, this new edition adds new material on 'contemporary' literary theories, such as: cultural materialism, post-colonial theory, feminist theory, Black British, African-American, Asian, Caribbean theory, and Gay and Lesbian theory. |
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Russian formalism | 46 |
Structuralist theories | 66 |
Marxist theories | 88 |
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