A Practical Reader in Contemporary Literary Theory (Paperback)

This introductory reader consists of extracts from critical analyses, largely by 20th-century Anglo-American literary critics, set around major literary texts that undergraduate students are known to be familiar with. It is pecifically targetted to present literary criticism to 1st and 2nd year undergraduates through practical examples of essays by the literary theorists themselves, on texts both within and outside the literary canon. Four example essays are included for each author/text presented.