TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goulimari,Pelagia
TI  - Literary criticism and theory: from Plato to postcolonialism 
SN  - 9781138042643
U1  - 801.9509 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London 
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Criticism
KW  - Literature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / General
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
N2  - "This incredibly useful volume offers an introduction to the history of literary criticism and theory from classical antiquity to the present. It is almost impossible to read or study literature without acknowledging its relationship to criticism and this guide shows how the two have been inextricable since Plato. Introducing theory and criticism through the texts themselves, Pelagia Goulimari examines: - A variety of key thinkers from Plato and Aristotle through to Foucault and Derrida - Topics and themes in the history of literary criticism such as mimesis and creation, inspiration, the emotions, reason, aesthetic, history, morality, ethics, culture and discourse - The main genres and movements in the history of literature including the epic, tragedy, comedy, romanticism, realism, modernism and postmodernism - Cross-historical connections between theories and theorists and the dissemination, appropriation and creative misunderstanding of concepts, ideas and arguments. With handy features such as a glossary, annotated further reading, descriptive text boxes and instructive marginalia this book is the ideal introduction to anyone approaching theory and criticism for the first time"--
ER  -