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Literary Theory: A Reintroduction

ISBN: 978-1-4051-3601-3
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256 pages
January 2008, ©2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Offers an innovative introduction to modern literary theory by placing it in its social, historical, and institutional contexts
  • Focuses on the period preceding the ‘theory movement’ of the 1970s and 1980s as well as the aftermath
  • Asks questions about how and why literary theory evolved in the 20th century
  • Discusses key figures such as F.R. Leavis, Raymond Williams, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler and Alain Badiou
  • Examines the influence of a wide range of topics in the field, from the Cold War to the culture wars

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