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Contemporary Critical Theory is an overview of significant theories and theorists in literary studies. The volume contains introductory essays on a range of critical theories--from Russian formalism and New Criticism to postcolonial studies and the new historicism--and lists nearly two thousand journals and books (including translations) published in English. Many of the entries provide brief annotations.

How do we stand in relation to everything that comes down to us from the past? Is the very idea of tradition still useful in the wake of historical ruptures, such as the Holocaust, changes in the canon, and the end of colonialism? Drawing on a wide range of philosophers and literary theorists, these thirteen essays examine the response and resistance to religious, cultural, and literary tradition by various American, English, German, and Afric...

How do we stand in relation to everything that comes down to us from the past? Is the very idea of tradition still useful in the wake of historical ruptures, such as the Holocaust, changes in the canon, and the end of colonialism? Drawing on a wide range of philosophers and literary theorists, these thirteen essays examine the response and resistance to religious, cultural, and literary tradition by various American, English, German, and Afric...

An up-to-date overview of important theories and theorists in literary studies, this volume contains introductory essays on a range of critical theories--from Russian formalism and New Criticism to post-colonial studies and the new historicism--and lists nearly 2, 000 journals and books (including translations) published in English. Many of the entries provide brief annotations. Name index.