An Introduction to Criticism: Literature - Film - Culture

by Michael Ryan

Book Overview

An accessible and thorough introduction to literary theory and contemporary critical practice, this book is an essential resource for beginning students of literary criticism.

Covers traditional approaches such as formalism and structuralism, as well as more recent developments in criticism such as evolutionary theory, cognitive studies, ethical criticism, and ecocriticism Offers explanations of key works and major ideas in literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405182822
• ISBN13: 9781405182829
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"