Description
| Product ID: | 9780415544320 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Literary Criticism and Theory |
| Subtitle: | From Plato to Postcolonialism |
| Authors: | Author: Pelagia Goulimari |
| Page Count: | 386 |
| Subjects: | Literary theory, Literary theory |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This incredibly useful volume offers an introduction to the history of literary criticism and theory from classical antiquity to the present. It is almost impossible to read or study literature without acknowledging its relationship to criticism and this guide shows how the two have been inextricable since Plato. This incredibly useful volume offers an introduction to the history of literary criticism and theory from ancient Greece to the present. Grounded in the close reading of landmark theoretical texts, while seeking to encourage the reader''s critical response, Pelagia Goulimari examines:
Historical connections between theorists and theories are traced and the book is generously cross-referenced. With useful features such as key-point conclusions, further reading sections, descriptive text boxes, detailed headings, and with a comprehensive index, this book is the ideal introduction to anyone approaching literary theory for the first time or unfamiliar with the scope of its history. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-08-26 |
