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020 _a0134425677
082 _a820.35
_bPRA
245 1 0 _aA practical reader in contemporary literary theory
260 _aLondon
_bPrentice Hall
_c1996
300 _aix, 498p.
520 _aThis introduction to practicing literary theory is a reader consisting of extracts from critical analyses, largely by 20th century Anglo-American literary critics, set around major literary texts that undergraduate students are known to be familiar with. It is specifically targeted to present literary criticism through practical examples of essays by literary theorists themselves, on texts both within and outside the literary canon. Four example essays are included for each author/text presented.
650 0 _aLiterature, modern
650 0 _a English literature
650 0 _aCriticism
650 0 _aLiterature- Philosophy
700 _aBrooker, Peter, ed.
700 _aWiddowson, Peter, ed.
942 _cBK
999 _c484
_d484