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Theory after theory : an intellectual history of literary theory from 1950 to the early twenty-first century / Nicholas Birns.
- Title
- Theory after theory : an intellectual history of literary theory from 1950 to the early twenty-first century / Nicholas Birns.
- Author
- Birns, Nicholas
- Publication
- Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, c2010.
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- Description
- 345 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Theory After Theory provides a global overview of developments in literary theory after 1950. It is intended both as a handbook for readers to learn about theory and an intellectual history of the recent past in literary criticism for those interested in seeing how it fits in with the broader culture."--Page 4 of cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface : beyond the "resolved symbolic" -- Foucault : deconstructing categories -- Derrida : deconstructing hierarchies -- Deconstructing gender : feminist theory -- Deconstructing privilege : anti-racist theory -- Deconstructing centrality : post-colonial theory -- Deconstructing normativity : queer theory -- Taking account of deconstruction : theory in the twenty-first century.
- ISBN
- 9781551119335
- 1551119331
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library