The encyclopedia of literary and cultural theory

Providing over 300 accessible entries on the important concepts, theorists and trends in post-1900 literary and cultural theory, this is an authoritative and comprehensive multi-volume encyclopedia of literary and cultural theory. With explanations of complex terms and important theoretical concepts, and summaries of the work and ideas of key figures, it is a highly informative reference work for a multi-disciplinary readership. The entries are divided in to three volumes, as follows;Volume 1: Literary Theory 1900 to 1966 (edited by Gregory Castle)Covers Russian formalism, Anglo-American new criticism, Italian neo-idealist aesthetics, the new humanism, stylistics, archetypal criticism, rhetorical criticism and structuralism, including entries on terms such as "defamilarisation" and "heteroglossia" and on theorists such as Shlovsky, Bakhtin, Richards, Eliot, Brooks, Burke and Barthes.Volume 2: Literary Theory 1966 to the present (edited by Robert Eaglestone)Covers post-structuralism, new historicism, cultural materialism, narratologyand gender theory, amongst other schools of thought. Addresses terms such as "difference" and "perfomativity" as well as theorists including Derrida, Foucault, Kristeva, Greenblatt, Butler and 017di017eek.Volume 3: Cultural Theory (edited by M. Keith Booker)Devoted entirely to cultural theory, this volume contains entries on theoretical concepts such as "hybridity" and "critical race theory" as well as theorists including Fanon, Geertz, Haraway, Benjamin, Adorno, Bourdieu, Baudrillard and Agamben.

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-8312-3
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 1824
• Fecha Publicación: 10/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 3
• Idioma: Inglés