Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory
This book has been helping students navigate through the thickest of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade now. This new and expanded third edition continues to offer students and readers the best one-volume introduction to the field.\ The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions about the critics and the theories they represent, Peter Barry allows readers to develop...
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This book has been helping students navigate through the thickest of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade now. This new and expanded third edition continues to offer students and readers the best one-volume introduction to the field.The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions about the critics and the theories they represent, Peter Barry allows readers to develop their own ideas once first principles and concepts have been grasped.The book has been updated and includes two new chapters, one of which (Literary theory -- a history in ten events) innovatively surveys the course of theory, while the other (Theory after ‘Theory’) maps the arrival of new 'isms' since the second edition appeared in 2002.BooknewsAn accessible yet non-simplistic guide to 11 major types of theoretical thought encountered in university courses on literary and cultural theory, from liberal humanism to lesbian/gay criticism to postcolonial criticism and stylistics. Each chapter describes the central tenets of the approach, discusses what each type of critic does, provides examples, poses study questions to the reader, and provides a selected reading list. 5x8". Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction 11 Theory before 'theory' - liberal humanism 112 Structuralism 383 Post-structuralism and deconstruction 594 Postmodernism 785 Psychoanalytic criticism 926 Feminist criticism 1167 Lesbian/gay criticism 1348 Marxist criticism 1509 New historicism and cultural materialism 16610 Postcolonial criticism 18511 Stylistics 19612 Narratology 21413 Ecocriticism 23914 Literary theory - a history in ten events 26215 Theory after 'Theory' 287Appendices 318App. 1 Edgar Allan Poe, 'The Oval Portrait' 318App. 2 Dylan Thomas, 'A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London' 321App. 3 William Cowper, 'The Castaway' 322Where do we go from here? Further reading 325Index 331
\ From the Publisher“It is no surprise to learn that Beginning theory has already been reprinted nine times. There is no other book that offers such a comprehensive account of the field, combined with thoughtful, detailed exposition of the theoretical approaches under discussion. Far from being a modest survey of contemporary literary theory, it has had a vital role in shaping the way that theory is taught in Britain and North America.” —English Association Newsletter\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsAn accessible yet non-simplistic guide to 11 major types of theoretical thought encountered in university courses on literary and cultural theory, from liberal humanism to lesbian/gay criticism to postcolonial criticism and stylistics. Each chapter describes the central tenets of the approach, discusses what each type of critic does, provides examples, poses study questions to the reader, and provides a selected reading list. 5x8". Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
