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" Beginning theory : "
Peter Barry
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BL
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632821
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Barry, Peter,1947-
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| Title & Author
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Beginning theory : : an introduction to literary and cultural theory /\ Peter Barry
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| Edition Statement
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3rd ed
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| Publication Statement
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Manchester, UK ;New York :: Manchester University Press ;New York :: Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009
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| Series Statement
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Beginnings
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xii, 338 p. ;; 20 cm
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9780719079276 (pbk.)
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: 0719079276 (pbk.)
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| Notes
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Previous ed.: 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-330) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Theory before 'theory' : liberal humanism -- Structuralism -- Post-structuralism and deconstruction -- Postmodernism -- Psychoanalytic criticism -- Feminist criticism -- Lesbian/gay criticism -- Marxist criticism -- New historicism and cultural materialism -- Postcolonial criticism -- Stylistics -- Narratology -- Ecocriticism -- Literary theory : a history in ten events. The Indiana University 'Conference on style', 1958 ; The John Hopkins University international symposium, 1966 ; The publication of Deconstruction and criticism, 1979 ; The MacCabe Affair, 1981 ; The publication of Eagleton's Literary theory: an introduction, 1983 ; J. Hillis Miller's MLA presidential address, 1986 ; The Strathclyde University 'Linguistics of writing' conference, 1986 ; The scandal over Paul de Man's wartime writings, 1987-88 ; Jean Baudrillard and 'The Gulf War never happened', 1991 ; The Sokal Affair, 1996 -- Theory after 'theory' -- Edgar Allan Poe, 'The oval portrait' -- Dylan Thomas, 'A refusal to mourn the death, by fire, of a child in London' -- William Cowper, 'The castaway' -- Where do we go from here? : further reading
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"Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade now."-back cover
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Literature-- Philosophy
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Criticism
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| Dewey Classification
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801.95
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| LC Classification
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PN81.B367 2009
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