Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory

Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory :The Johns Hopkins Guide

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Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory: The Johns Hopkins Guide is a clear, accessible, and detailed overview of the most important thinkers and topics in the field. Written by specialists from across disciplines, its entries cover contemporary theory from Adorno to Zizek, providing an informative and reliable introduction to a vast, challenging area of inquiry. Materials include newly commissioned articles along with essays drawn from The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, known as the definitive resource for students and scholars of literary theory and for philosophical reflection on literature and culture.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781421406398
ISBN10 142140639X
Number Of Pages 536
Item Weight 771 g
Product Dimensions 156 x 235 x 32 mm
Publisher / Reseller Johns Hopkins University Press
Format paperback
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The very thoroughness and high quality of each entry, as well as attentive editing, are what makes The Johns Hopkins Guide to Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory an essential tool for anyone looking for an at once in-depth and accessible study of some of the major concepts of literary thory today. -- Alice Braun Cercles Groden, Kreiswirth, and Szeman have compiled a desktop, ready-reference tool that is readable, informative, and complete according to the parameters that they established for the work. -- Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic Reference Reviews

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Author's Bio

Michael Groden is a distinguished university professor of English at the University of Western Ontario. Martin Kreiswirth is a professor of English and associate provost, dean of graduate and postdoctoral studies at McGill University. Imre Szeman is a professor of English and film studies and Canada Research Chair of Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta.

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