Theory of Literature - Brossura

Fry, Paul H.

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ISBN 10: 0300180837 ISBN 13: 9780300180831

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2012

Riassunto

Bringing his perennially popular course to the page, Yale University Professor Paul H. Fry offers in this welcome book a guided tour of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. At the core of the book's discussion is a series of underlying questions: What is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose?

Fry engages with the major themes and strands in twentieth-century literary theory, among them hermeneutics, modes of formalism, semiotics and Structuralism, deconstruction, psychoanalytic approaches, Marxist and historicist approaches, theories of social identity, Neo-pragmatism and theory. By incorporating philosophical and social perspectives to connect these many trends, the author offers readers a coherent overall context for a deeper and richer reading of literature.

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Recensione:

'No other guide to theory combines Fry's authority and range with the accessibility and engaging, often humorous manner in which the reader is addressed; none connects the development of theory so tellingly with philosophy and history; none teases out the connections and divergences between and among theorists with such deft skill; and none moves so confidently between lucid summary of very challenging theoretical ideas and closely probing readings of particularly revealing passages in the theorists under discussion. The result is a book that, with its own unfolding narrative and infectiously conveyed urge to connect and to explain, is a genuine and intense pleasure to read.' --Richard Jacobs, Principal Lecturer, School of Humanities, University of Brighton

L'autore:

Paul H. Fry is William Lampson Professor of English, Yale University. Among his previous books isWordsworth and the Poetry of What We Are, published by Yale University Press. He lives in New Haven, CT.

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• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0300180837
• ISBN 13: 9780300180831
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384