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Beyond Deconstruction The Uses and Abuses of Literary Theory

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ISBN-10: 0198128398

ISBN-13: 9780198128397

Edition: 1985

Authors: Howard Felperin

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What have they done to literary criticism? Where is it leading-and where will it all end? The past two decades have seen swift and radical changes in the way literature is perceived and taught in this country and abroad. The emergence of a myriad of new schools of literary theory is perplexing-perhaps even disturbing-but Howard Felperin offers guidance to the bemused in this balanced and lively overview of all the major schools of contemporary literary theory. Steering clear of technicalities as he explains, explores, and occasionally takes issue, Felperin surveys the large movements in critical thought that have succeeded "new" and practical criticism, and focuses on the major schools and…    
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List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/18/1985
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.946
Language: English