An Introduction to Criticism: Literature - Film - CultureAn accessible and thorough introduction to literary theory and contemporary critical practice, this book is an essential resource for beginning students of literary criticism.
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Contents
Structuralism | 19 |
Historical Criticism | 32 |
Psychoanalysis and Psychology | 44 |
Marxism and Political Criticism | 59 |
PostStructuralism and Deconstruction | 75 |
Gender Criticism | 87 |
Ethnic PostColonial and Transnational Criticism | 109 |
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