LITERARY CRITICISM (H/C)

THIS TEXT OFFERS AN IMPRESSIVE AND UP-TO-DATE COLLECTION OF KEY ESSAYS ON THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERARY AND CULTURAL CRITICISM. THE ARTICLES HIGHLIGHT RECENT WORK IN GENDER STUDIES, FEMINIST THEORY, POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES, CULTURAL STUDIES, AND NEW HISTORICISM, AND REFLECT ESTABLISHED DIRECTIONS IN SEMIOTICS, STRUCTURALISM, DECONSTRUCTION, PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM. THIS EDITION FEATURES THIRTEEN NEW ARTICLES AND EXPANDED APPARATUS TO INTRODUCE AND FRAME THE ESSAYS.