Literary Theories: A Case Study in Critical Performance

by Julian Wolfreys

Book Overview

Every student of literature needs to understand how to use literary theory to analyze and interpret the text. In Literary Theories William Baker and Julian Wolfreys challenge the outdated notion that theory is something separable from the act of reading itself. Maintaining that the best way to learn is through practical application, the editors have assembled a volume of essays that plunges the student into the midst of a range of critical readings.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814712940
• ISBN13: 9780814712948
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"