Contemporary Literary Theory: A Guide, 4th Edition

Author: Selden
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book is a "guide map" for Western literary theory in the 20th century. It establishes the overall knowledge structure of this discipline and provides clues for in-depth research on various schools and theoretical issues. Since its first publication in 1985, it has been used as a textbook by many universities in the UK and the US. The newly released fourth edition of 1997 has been rewritten and expanded to include chapters on New Criticism, Postmodernism, Post-structuralism, Feminism, Post-colonialism, and Queer Theory Literary Criticism. The reference bibliographies at the end of each chapter have also been comprehensively updated. For Chinese readers, having such an accurate and reliable guidebook at hand during the initial stage of studying 20th-century Western literary theory will undoubtedly be immensely beneficial.