ENGL 300W - Writing about Literature

A history of literary criticism from Plato to the present, arguing that this history can best be seen as a dialogue among three traditions - the Platonic, Neoplatonic, and the humanistic.

A history of literary criticism and theory from ancient Greece to the present. Examines major thinkers and critics from Plato and Aristotle to Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva, Said and Butler; and key concepts such as mimesis, inspiration, reason and emotion, the self, feminism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and queer theory.

Offers a rich compendium of key terms, concepts, and arguments necessary for the study of literature in a critical-theoretical context. Covers differing theories of the public sphere, ideology, power, and the social relations necessary for the understanding of approaches to literature.

Examines the crossover between critical study and creative writing. Outlines the importance of writing as a medium of learning and argues for its usefulness in aiding students' understanding of theoretical as well as literary texts.

Introduces prose poetry's key characteristics, charts its evolution from the nineteenth century to the present, and discusses historical and contemporary prose poems that demonstrate their great diversity around the Anglophone world and show why they represent some of today's most inventive writing.

A comprehensive survey of the state of theory in the 21st century. Explores the latest thinking in schools of feminist, Marxist, historicist, psychoanalytic, and postcolonial criticism.

A Dictionary of Postmodernism presents an authoritative A-Z of the critical terms and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postmodernist theory and culture.

This book explores the paradoxical productivity of the idea of the end of the novel in contemporary fiction.

Sets out to rethink the important issue of style, drawing together the disciplines of English, philosophy, literary theory, and comparative literature.

Introduces readers to the modes of literary and cultural study of the previous half century.

How to Read Literature is the book of choice for students new to the study of literature and for all other readers interested in deepening their understanding and enriching their reading experience.

Eagleton offers a new theory of what we mean by literature. He also shows what it is that a great many different literary theories have in common.

Ryan investigates what prompted fiction writers to incorporate and respond to theory nearly thirty years ago. Designed for readers unfamiliar with the complexities of theory, Ryan's book introduces the discipline's major trends and controversies and notes the salient ideas of a carefully selected set of individual thinkers.

This monumental collection of new and recent essays from an international team of eminent scholars represents the best contemporary critical thinking relating to both literary and philosophical studies of literature.