Critical Theory Since Plato
- ISBN-10
- 0155055046
- ISBN-13
- 9780155055049
- Category
- Literary Collections / General
- Pages
- 1545
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Thomson/Wadsworth
- Authors
- Hazard Adams, Leroy Searle
Description
CRITICAL THEORY SINCE PLATO is a chronologically-arranged anthology that presents a broad survey of the history and development of literary criticism and theory in Western culture. Written by two well-known scholars in the field of literary study, this well-respected text puts an emphasis on the individual contributors to the development of literary criticism, from Plato and Aristotle to the present.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Critical Theory Since 1965
By Hazard Adams, Leroy Searle"Critical Theory Since 1965 is a collection of theoretical writing of the last twenty years by thirty-eight contemporary theorists and, as background, eighteen important intellectual precursors.
-
Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present: An Introduction
By M. A. R. HabibLiterary Criticism from Plato to the Present provides a concise and authoritative overview of the development of Western literary criticism and theory from the Classical period to the present day An indispensable and intellectually ...
-
Plato As Critical Theorist
By Jonny ThakkarCover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1.
-
Literary Criticism and Theory: From Plato to Postcolonialism
By Pelagia GoulimariThis incredibly useful volume offers an introduction to the history of literary criticism and theory from ancient Greece to the present.
-
A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present
By M. A. R. HabibThis comprehensive guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day provides an authoritative overview of the major movements, figures, and texts of literary criticism, as well as surveying their cultural, ...
-
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism: Third Edition
By John, Williams, CainForty-eight NEW selections—concentrated mostly on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries—make the book not only the best overview of the history of theory, but also a remarkably up-to-date portrait of the state of theory today.
-
Literary Theory From Plato To Barthes: An Introductory History
By Richard HarlandBecause contemporary literary theory depends heavily upon European thinkers, the book has an international focus, and its coverage extends from philosophers to social theorists to linguists.
-
Doing Things with Texts: Essays in Criticism and Critical Theory
By Meyer Howard Abrams"One of the most respected literary scholars alive, . . . Abrams stands for understanding and conciliation, calling for a kind of humanism that can embrace the good in all literary theories." --Washington Post
-
Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide
By Lois TysonThis new edition provides in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today: feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, reader-response theory, new criticism, structuralism and semiotics, deconstruction, new historicism, ...
-
Literary Theory and Criticism: An Oxford Guide
By Patricia WaughThis comprehensive guide to literary theory and criticism includes 39 specially commissioned chapters by an international team of academics.