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Tyson, Lois, 1950-

Critical theory today : a user-friendly guide / Lois Tyson. - 3rd edition. - Milton Park; Abingdon; New York : Routledge, ©2015 - xvi, 470 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Everything you wanted to know about critical theory but were afraid to ask --
1. Psychoanalytic criticism --
3. Marxist criticism --
4. Feminist criticism --
5. New criticism --
6. Reader-response criticism --
7. Structuralist criticism --
8. Deconstructive criticism --
9. New historical and cultural criticism --
10. Lesbian, gay, and queer criticism --
11. African American criticism --
12. Postcolonial criticism --
13. Gaining an overview. TOC


"This thoroughly updated third edition of 'Critical Theory Today' offers an accessible introduction to contemporary critical theory, providing in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today, including: feminism; psychoanalysis; Marxism; reader-response theory; New Criticism; structuralism and semiotics; deconstruction; new historicism and cultural criticism; lesbian, gay, and queer theory; African American criticism and postcolonial criticism."



ISBN: 9780415506748 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780415506755 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2014005974

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Criticism.

LC Class. No.: PN81 / .T97 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 801.95 / TYC 2015