文档介绍：LITERARY THEORY:
A Very Short
Introduction
Jonathan Culler
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
‘Jonathan Culler has always been about the best person around at
explaining literary theory without oversimplifying it or treating it with
polemical bias. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction is an
exemplary work in this genre.’
J. Hillis Miller, University of California, Irvine
‘An impressive and engaging feat of condensation . . . the avoidance of
the usual plod through schools and approaches allows the reader to get
straight to the heart of the crucial issue for many students, which is:
why are they studying literary theory in the first place? . . . an engaging
and lively book.’
Patricia Waugh, University of Durham
Jonathan Culler
LITERARY
THEORY
A Very Short Introduction
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Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp
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