The Bloomsbury handbook of literary and cultural theory / edited by Jeffrey R. Di Leo.

Contributor(s):

Di Leo, Jeffrey R [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Bloomsbury handbooks in literary studiesPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019Description: xiii, 784 pages ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781350183612

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 801 B623

LOC classification:

PR21 .B56 2019

Contents:

Part one. Essays -- 1. Early Theory / Paul Allen Miller -- 2. Structuralism and Semiotics / Herman Rapaport -- 3. Narrative and Narratology / Gerald Prince -- 4. Marxism / Peter Hitchcock -- 5. Poststructuralism / Daniel T. O'Hara -- 6. Historicisms / Harold Aram Veeser -- 7. Psychoanalytic Theory / Jean-Michel Rabaté -- 8. Rhetoric / Steven Mailloux -- 9. Deconstruction / Henry Sussman -- 10. Feminism / Robin Truth Goodman -- 11. Cultural Studies / John Frow -- 12. Postmodernism / Jeffrey T. Nealon -- 13. Race and Postcolonial Studies / Nicole Simek -- 14. Ecocriticism / Claire Colebrook -- 15. Biopower and Biopolitics / Gregg Lambert -- 16. Pop Culture / Aaron Jaffe -- 17. Comparativisms / Alexander Beecroft -- 18. Translation / Brian O'Keeffe -- 19. Media Studies / Toby Miller -- 20. Digital Humanities / Joseph Tabbi -- 21. Late Capitalism / Henry A. Giroux -- 22. Identity Studies / Mike Hill -- 23. Materialisms / Chris Breu -- 24. Posthumanism / Zahi Zalloua -- 25. University Studies / Jeffrey J. Williams -- 26. Affect Studies / Sean Grattan -- 27. Antitheory / Vincent Leitch -- Part two. Terms and Figures.

Summary: The Bloomsbury handbook of literary and cultural theory is the most comprehensive available survey of the state of theory in the 21st century. With chapters written by the world's leading scholars in their field, this book explores the latest thinking in traditional schools such as feminist, Marxist, historicist, psychoanalytic, and postcolonial criticism and new areas of research in ecocriticism, biopolitics, affect studies, posthumanism, materialism, and many other fields. In addition, the book includes a substantial A-to-Z compendium of key words and important thinkers in contemporary theory, making this an essential resource for scholars of literary and cultural theory at all levels. -- Back cover.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main Library-Nabua	Circulation Section	CIR 801 B623 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1-1	Available		027734

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The Bloomsbury handbook of literary and cultural theory is the most comprehensive available survey of the state of theory in the 21st century. With chapters written by the world's leading scholars in their field, this book explores the latest thinking in traditional schools such as feminist, Marxist, historicist, psychoanalytic, and postcolonial criticism and new areas of research in ecocriticism, biopolitics, affect studies, posthumanism, materialism, and many other fields. In addition, the book includes a substantial A-to-Z compendium of key words and important thinkers in contemporary theory, making this an essential resource for scholars of literary and cultural theory at all levels. -- Back cover.

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