American Literary Criticism Since the 1930s - Brossura

Leitch, Vincent B.

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ISBN 10: 0415778182 ISBN 13: 9780415778183

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2009

Riassunto

American Literary Criticism Since the 1930s fully updates Vincent B. Leitch’s classic book, American Literary Criticism from the 30s to the 80s following the development of the American academy right up to the present day.

Updated throughout and with a brand new chapter, this second edition:

• provides a critical history of American literary theory and practice, discussing the impact of major schools and movements
• examines the social and cultural background to literary research, considering the role of key theories and practices
• provides profiles of major figures and influential texts, outlining the connections among theorists
• presents a new chapter on developments since the 1980s, including discussions of feminist, queer, postcolonial and ethnic criticism.

Comprehensive and engaging, this book offers a crucial overview of the development of literary studies in American universities, and a springboard to further research for all those interested in the development and study of Literature.

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Contenuti

Preface  1. Marxist Criticism in the 1930s  2. The "New Criticism"  3. The Chicago School  4. The New York Intellectuals  5. Myth Criticism  6. Phenominological and Existential Criticism  7. Hermenuitics  8. Reader-Response Criticism  9. Literary Structuralism and Semiotics 10. Deconstructive Criticism  11. Feminist Criticism 12. Black Aesthetics 13. Cultural Criticism from the 1960s to the 1980s  14. American Criticism Since 1987.  Notes.  Index

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Book by Leitch Vincent B

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0415778182
• ISBN 13: 9780415778183
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 432