Theory into practice : an introduction to literary criticism /

Dobie, Ann B.

Theory into practice : an introduction to literary criticism / Ann B. Dobie - Third edition. - [Place of publication not identifed] : Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, c2012 - xx, 376 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Chapter1. The relationship of reading and writing -- Chapter2. Familiar approaches -- Chapter3. Formalism -- Chapter4. Psychological criticism -- Chapter5. Marxist criticism -- Chapter6. Feminist Criticism -- Chapter7. Reader-Response Criticism -- Chapter8. Deconstruction -- Chapter9. Cultural studies: New historicism -- Chapter10. More cultural studies: Postcolonialism and multiculturalism -- Chapter11. Ecocriticism: Literature goes green .

Practicing literary criticism used to be easier. Not too many years ago it involved working from three or four established perspectives, all of them well within a student intellectual comfort zone. This edition features a new chapter on one of literary criticism's newest approaches.

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CRITICISM

PN 81 .D63 2012