Texts and Contexts Writing about Literature with Critical Theory

Name: Texts and Contexts Writing about Literature with Critical Theory
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ISBN: 9780321209429

ISBN-10: 0321209427

ISBN-13: 9780321209429

Edition: 4th 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Steven Lynn

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Deeply rooted in the views, responses, and history of contemporary critical theories,Texts and Contexts, Fourth Edition provides students with the knowledge and tools to write about literature effectively. The author presents a user-friendly introduction to contemporary critical theoriesùfrom new criticism to cultural studies-as part of the practice of writing about literature.Texts and Contexts innovatively incorporates a step-by-step approach in each chapter guiding readers through the application of a particular theory and giving them clear examples of how to apply what other texts cover in abstract. In addition, the text provides a wealth of writing strategies, examples, and practice…

Book details

List price: $59.40
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Each chapter concludes with "Works Cited" and "Recommended Further Reading" sections


Preface



An Introduction, Theoretically


Textual Tours


Checking Some Baggage


Anything to Declare



Critical Visions: A Selective Tour


New Criticism


From Here at The New Yorker, Brendan Gill


Reader-Response Criticism


Deconstructive Criticism


Historical, Postcolonial, and Cultural Studies


Psychological Criticism


Feminist Criticism


Other Approaches



Unifying the Work: New Criticism


The Purpose of New Criticism


Basic Principles Reflected


Ars Poetica, Archibald MacLeish


Radicals in Tweed Jackets


How to Do New Criticism


The Writing Process: A Sample Essay


The Mother, Gwendolyn Brooks


Preparing to Write


Shaping


Drafting


Practicing New Criticism


Forgiving my Father, Lucille Clifton


Questions


My Father's Martial Art, Stephen Shu-ning Liu


Questions



Creating the Text: Reader-Response Criticism


The Purpose of Reader-Response Criticism


New Criticism as the Old Criticism


The Reader Emerges


Hypertextual Readers


How to Do Reader-Response Criticism


Preparing to Respond


Love Poem #1, Sandra Cisneros


Making Sense


Subjective Response


Receptive Response


The Writing Process: A Sample Essay


Preparing to Respond


A Very Short Story, Ernest Hemmingway


Preparing to Write


Shaping


Drafting


Practicing Reader-Response Criticism


Since There's No Help, Michael Drayton


Questions


Killing the Be