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  • © 1997

Twentieth-Century Literary Theory

A Reader

Editors:

  1. K. M. Newton
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Table of contents (54 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Russian Formalism and Prague Structuralism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    3. Roman Jakobson: ‘The Dominant’

      • K. M. Newton
      Pages 6-10

  3. The New Criticism and Leavisian Criticism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-21
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    2. I. A. Richards: ‘Poetry and Beliefs’

      • K. M. Newton
      Pages 22-26

  5. Linguistic Criticism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 70-71
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About this book

A thoroughly revised edition of this successful undergraduate introduction to literary theory, this text includes core pieces by leading theorists from Russian Formalists to Postmodernist and Post-colonial critics. An ideal teaching resource, with helpful introductory notes to each chapter.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Twentieth-Century Literary Theory

  • Book Subtitle: A Reader

  • Editors: K. M. Newton

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25934-2

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1997

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 328

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Literary Theory

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