The terminology of contemporary literary theory, with its regular adoption of words from a range of different cultures, languages, academic disciplines, critical schools and theoretical approaches, is a frequent source of confusion for students. This reference book provides comprehensive coverage of important new terms that students are expected to be familiar with, together with extended entries on recent theoretical schools and approaches.

A concise glossary of contemporary literary theory

Literature & Fiction

Hawthorn, Jeremy

History & Criticism

Hodder Arnold

A glossary of contemporary literary theory

Edward Arnold

This study argues that technical skills can be refined but these have to be complemented by a larger vision and commitment - "a conception of the whole" - otherwise it does not result in great art. Addressing the question as to why some of Conrad's novels are acknowledged masterpieces and others "incomplete successes", this book explores the interplay between technical accomplishment and artistic conception in Conrad's work. The loss of his moral or ideological anchorage is artistically disastrous, it is argued.

Joseph Conrad: Narrative Technique and Ideological Commitment

Cunning Passages explores the implications that literary debates have for our attempts to understand both reports of historical events such as Hiroshima or the Nazi holocaust, and also fictional and poetic works whose relation to historical actuality is more complex and indirect.

Cunning Passages: New Historicism, Cultural Materialism and Marxism in the Contemporary Literary Debate (Interrogating Texts)

Hodder Education Publishers

This second edition of Hawthorn's glossary of contemparary literary theory has grown by over 50 pages, carries 50 entirely new terms, revises many of the previous entries (sometimes very substantially), and includes both an expanded bibliography and detailed recommendations for further reading. The cross-referencing is extensive, allowing a good appreciation of the context of particular terms; and bibliographic guidance enables the reader to trace their origin and development. The entries also relate terms to recent debates and show how they can be used in the criticism of texts.

A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory

Taking words from a variety of sources, and from a range of different languages and cultures, it is little wonder that contemporary literary theory poses peculiar difficulties of usage and understanding. This new edition of Hawthorn's acclaimed glossary, contains a large body of new terms, revises many of the previous entries (sometimes very substantially), and includes both an expanded bibliography and detailed recommendations for further reading. The cross-referencing is extensive, allowing a good appreciation of the context of particular terms; and bibliographic guidance enables the reader readily to trace their origin and development.

A Concise Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory

Reference

Many literary theories have treated literary works as if they were timeless, untouched by the eras in which they were written or in which they were read. In the past decade such attitudes have been countered by those who see both writing and reading as inescapably moulded and informed by historical circumstance. This work looks at the various theoretical components of, and contributions to, this "turn to history" - new historicism, cultural materialism and Marxism - and at their productive engagement with varieties of formalism and textualism. This study explores the implications such debates have on attempts to understand both reports of historical events, such as Hiroshima or the Nazi holocaust, and also fictional and poetic works whose relation to historical actuality is more complex and indirect. The book interrogates a range of other texts from, primarily, the period of high modernization, in the light of these theoretical debates. The texts include W.H. Auden's "Spain", Virginia Woolf's "Between the Acts", Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw", and a separate chapter is devoted to the literature surrounding the Titanic disaster. The work attempts to show how the "cunning passages" written by novelists and poets arise out of, and grapple with, the "cunning passages" of history itself. Such a demonstration, it argues, does not reduce the value of literary works, but rather allows us to appreciate their full richness and complexity.

Cunning Passages: New Historicism, Cultural Materialism, and Marxism in the Contempory Literary Debate (Interrogating Texts)

British & Irish

This complete introduction offers practical guidance on the techniques of reading and analyzing novels, and is well-illustrated with examples from a wide range of novels and stories. It provides clear explanations of complex critical approaches and offers detailed advice on the writing of essays and the answering of test questions. This third edition adds material on such recent developments as post-colonialism and cultural materialism.

Studying the Novel: An Introduction

History

Asia

Now in its third edition, this critically acclaimed glossary has been revised and expanded to include many new terms in this volatile and fast-changing field. A substantial number of new entries come from the increasingly influential area of post-colonialism (neo-Tarzanism, mediascape), many are new or previously unremarked terms in the field as a whole (cyborg, queer theory, habitus), and many entries have been revised as our understanding of the theoretical terminology has evolved.

Taking words from a variety of sources, and from a range of different languages and cultures, it is little wonder that contemporary literary theory poses peculiar difficulties of usage and understanding. This third edition of Hawthorn's acclaimed glossary contains a host of new terms, revises many of the previous entries (sometimes very substantially), and includes both an expanded bibliography and detailed recommendations for further reading.

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A concise glossary of contemporary literary theory

A glossary of contemporary literary theory

Joseph Conrad: Narrative Technique and Ideological Commitment

Cunning Passages: New Historicism, Cultural Materialism and Marxism in the Contemporary Literary Debate (Interrogating Texts)

A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory

A Concise Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory

Cunning Passages: New Historicism, Cultural Materialism, and Marxism in the Contempory Literary Debate (Interrogating Texts)

Studying the Novel: An Introduction

A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory

A Concise Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory