Following from Volume 1, this text includes critical approaches to the 18th-century novel, discussing topics such as the Gothic novel, the rise in the number of women novelists in the later 18th century, the class conflicts of writers like Smollett, and the effects of the French Revolution.
Following from Volume 1, this text includes critical approaches to the 18th-century novel, discussing topics such as the Gothic novel, the rise in the...
This anthology explores all the major critical approaches to Dickens of the 1970s-1990s, including psychoanalytic, deconstructive, discourse-analytic, feminist and Marxist, enabling the reader to compare and contrast different treatments of particular Dickens novels.
This anthology explores all the major critical approaches to Dickens of the 1970s-1990s, including psychoanalytic, deconstructive, discourse-analytic,...
This text consists of various contributions to such areas of study as: interaction between text and reader; reader-response criticism; toward a feminist theory of reading; reading as poaching; and "Wilde's Hard Labour and the Birth of Gay Reading".
This text consists of various contributions to such areas of study as: interaction between text and reader; reader-response criticism; toward a femini...
This collection of essays on Andrew Marvell examines his poems including "To His Coy Mistress" and "The Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn"and looks at his writings about Cromwell and Republican Civil War culture.
This collection of essays on Andrew Marvell examines his poems including "To His Coy Mistress" and "The Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn"an...
Provides a collection of theoretical and literary essays on Swift's work. The text places an emphasis on his Anglo-Irishness, which, it argues, is a key area in understanding his life and works. Reference is also made to Swift's gender relations and his female imitators.
Provides a collection of theoretical and literary essays on Swift's work. The text places an emphasis on his Anglo-Irishness, which, it argues, is a k...
Provides a critical account of the life and works of Christopher Marlowe. Marlowe is studied as a man who staged the birth of the modern author, and for his representations of sexuality and homosexuality. This text portrays a wide range of critical approaches and provides theoretical grounding.
Provides a critical account of the life and works of Christopher Marlowe. Marlowe is studied as a man who staged the birth of the modern author, and f...
This collection of critical essays on William Blake covers a wide range to include Marxist, new historicist, feminist and psychological approaches. Between them, the essays explore the most significant areas and moments of his career as poet and also print maker, illustrator and visionary artist.
This collection of critical essays on William Blake covers a wide range to include Marxist, new historicist, feminist and psychological approaches. Be...
Thisvolume combines the most interesting and stimulating recent critical thinking about Sterne and represents recent theoretical and critical debates surrounding Sterne's writing.
Thisvolume combines the most interesting and stimulating recent critical thinking about Sterne and represents recent theoretical and critical debates ...
Since Aristotle, genre has been one of the fundamental concepts of literary theory, and much of the world's literature and criticism has been shaped by ideas about the nature, function and value of literary genres. Modern developments in critical theory, however, prompted in part by the iconoclastic practices of modern writers and the emergence of new media such as film and television, have put in question traditional categories, and challenged the assumptions on which earlier genre theory was based. This has led not just to a reinterpretation of individual genres and the development of...
Since Aristotle, genre has been one of the fundamental concepts of literary theory, and much of the world's literature and criticism has been shape...
