02353nam 2200481 a 450 991046179900332120210617124739.01-280-78261-797866136930061-118-30629-5(CKB)2670000000209136(EBL)827065(OCoLC)797919321(MiAaPQ)EBC827065(EXLCZ)99267000000020913620071203d2008 uy 0engLiterary theory[electronic resource] an introduction /Terry Eagleton2nd ed; Anniversary ed.Malden, Mass. Blackwell Pub.20081 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-631-20188-2 1-4051-7921-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface to the Anniversary Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Introduction: What is Literature?; 1: The Rise of English; 2: Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Reception Theory; 3: Structuralism and Semiotics; 4: Post-Structuralism; 5: Psychoanalysis; Conclusion: Political Criticism; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; IndexA quarter of a century on from its original publication, Literary Theory: An Introduction still conjures the subversion, excitement and exoticism that characterized theory through the 1960's and 70's, when it posed an unprecedented challenge to the literary establishment. Eagleton has added a new preface to this anniversary edition to address more recent developments in literary studies, including what he describes as "the growth of a kind of anti-theory", and the idea that literary theory has been institutionalized. Insightful and enlightening, Literary Theory: An Introduction...CriticismHistory20th centuryLiteratureHistory and criticismTheory, etcElectronic books.CriticismHistoryLiteratureHistory and criticismTheory, etc.801.95801.950904801/.95/0904Eagleton Terry1943-123654MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461799003321Literary theory33839UNINA