Critical Practice

Name: Critical Practice
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ISBN: 9780415280068

ISBN-10: 0415280060

ISBN-13: 9780415280068

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Catherine Belsey

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What is poststructuralist theory, and what difference does it make to literary criticism? Where do we find the meaning of the text: in the author's head? in the reader's? Or do we, instead, make meaning in the practice of reading itself? If so, what part do our own values play in the process of interpretation? And what is the role of the text? Catherine Belsey considers these and other questions concerning the relations between human beings and language, readers and texts, writing and cultural politics. Assuming no prior knowledge of poststructuralism, Critical Practice guides the reader confidently through the maze of contemporary theory. It simply and lucidly explains the views ofkey…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/28/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.04" wide x 7.91" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

#60;b#62;Catherine Belsey#60;/b#62; is a research professor in English at Swansea University, UK. Her principal publications include #60;i#62;Shakespeare in Theory and Practice#60;/i#62; (2008), #60;i#62;Why Shakespeare?#60;/i#62; (2007), #60;i#62;Critical Practice#60;/i#62; (1980, 2002), #60;i#62;Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction#60;/i#62; (2002) and #60;i#62;Desire: Love Stories in Western Culture#60;/i#62; (1994).



General Editor's


Preface


Acknowledgments


Preface to the second edition



Traditional criticism and common sense



Challenges to expressive realism



Criticism and Meaning



Addressing the Subject



The Interrogative Text



The Work of the Reading



Deconstruction and the Differance it Makes



Towards a Productive Critical Practice


Further Reading


Notes


References


Index