Lois Tyson

Critical Theory Today

A User-Friendly Guide

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This thoroughly updated fourth edition of Critical Theory Today offers an accessible introduction to contemporary critical theory, providing in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 478
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 871g
• ISBN-13: 9780367709433
• ISBN-10: 0367709430
• Artikelnr.: 69936303

Autorenporträt

Lois Tyson is Professor Emerita of English at Grand Valley State University, USA. She is author of Using Critical Theory: How to Read and Write about Literature and Psychological Politics of the American Dream: The Commodification of Subjectivity in Twentieth-Century American Literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the fourth edition
Preface for instructors
Acknowledgements
1 Everything you wanted to know about critical theory but were afraid to
ask
2 Psychoanalytic criticism
3 Marxist criticism
4 Feminist criticism
5 New Criticism
6 Reader-response criticism
7 Structuralist criticism
8 Deconstructive criticism
9 New historical and cultural criticism
10 Lesbian, gay, and queer criticism
11 African American criticism
12 Postcolonial criticism
13 Ecocriticism
14 Gaining an overview

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1. Everything you wanted to know about critical theory but were afraid to ask 2. Psychoanalytic criticism 3. Marxist criticism 4. Feminist criticism 5. New Criticism 6. Reader-response criticism 7. Structuralist criticism 8. Deconstructive criticism 9. New historical and cultural criticism 10. Lesbian, gay, and queer criticism 11. African American criticism 12. Postcolonial criticism 13. Gaining an overview

Rezensionen

"Lois Tyson's Critical Theory Today is an accessible introduction to many of the major schools of literary interpretation. She provides clear explanations and illuminating cross-comparisons that work very effectively in the undergraduate classroom." Elizabeth Renker, Professor of English, The Ohio State University, USA "For anyone who wants to understand contemporary cultural theory, Critical Theory Today is the undisputed starting point for that understanding. No other introduction to theory presents each theory on its own terms in the way that Lois Tyson's indispensable work does. She combines penetrating clarity with theoretical sophistication in order to create a book that everyone can learn from. The welcome new third edition provides a keyhole into what's going on right now in the rapidly changing world of contemporary theory." Todd McGowan, Associate Professor, The University of Vermont, USA "An encyclopedic and eminently readable book, one that should be an authoritative vade mecum for both undergraduates and graduates alike, plus those faculty teaching such courses and wishing a quick refresher." David Greetham, Distinguished Professor, City University of New York, Graduate Center, USA Praise for the Second edition: 'Tyson has covered the entire range of current theories and presents them in accessible prose...she makes psychoanalysis come alive as a body of ideas that can help the students learn important things about their lives and, as a result, about Literature...it is better than any other work I have seen...I would use it as the text in an introduction to theory for undergraduates...also be a regular source in a number of other courses, since its coverage of a range of theories makes it a fine starting point in numerous cases.'Walter A. Davis, Professor of English, The Ohio State University, USA 'Tyson's incomparable critical theory textbook is the long-awaited answer to my prayers...While it is intellectually rigorous, it is a kinder, gentler theory text which prioritizes encouraging students to reach and enabling them to meet its challenges, rather than intimidating and debilitating them with pretentious jargon...uniquely accessible...Tyson's respectful and thoughtful negotiation of the lesbian/gay/queer theory chapter is particularly outstanding...a tour-de-force which puts others to shame and should inhabit every personal and professional academic library...we owe her a world of gratitude for this enlightening, passionate achievement.'Roseanne Hoefel, Department of English, Alma College, USA 'The very best thing by far that has been done in the field...clear coverage of every major field in literary criticism without sacrifice of accuracy...written from a uniquely integrated theoretical perspective, it could easily be used in philosophy as well as English literature classes.' Alan Hausman, Department of Philosophy, Hunter College, City University of New York, USA 'Wise and helpful, inspiriting and provocative, reassuring and calming, comprehensive and convincing...should be adopted as an exemplar of how critical theory can be accommodated and described without sacrificing clarity and seriousness of purpose. If only those producing critical theory could hew to the expository and pedagogical standards of this volume, theory would be much more accepted as a valid and necessary part of contemporary social and intellectual life rather than as a...series of codes and ritual practised by an academic clerisy.'David Greetham, Distinguished Professor, City University of New York, Graduate Center, USA