Contexts For Criticism

By Donald Keesey

Book Overview

In this introduction to literary criticism, the major critical theories of literary interpretation-- historical, formal, reader-response, mimetic, intertextual, poststructural, and new historical-- are presented in separate chapters that include detailed introductions, theoretical essays that explain and argue the value of each theory, and applications essays in which the theories are applied to the same three literary works: William Shakespeare' s The Tempest, Kate Chopin' s The Awakening, and William Wordsworth' s Ode: Intimations of Immortality. Wordsworth' s and Chopin' s works are included in the book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559348445
• ISBN13: 9781559348447
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Contexts for Criticism by Donald Keesey Review

This book was essential in my class of Literary Theory. Essays are informative and help greatly in understanding the readings.Contexts for Criticism