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Gregory Castle is a professor of British and Irish literature at Arizona State University. He is author of Modernism and the Celtic Revival (2001), Reading the Modernist Bildungsroman (2006), and The Blackwell Guide to Literary Theory (2007) and has edited Postcolonial Discourses (2000) and the Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory, vol. 1 (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). He has also published numerous essays on Joyce, Yeats, Wilde, and other Irish writers.
Acknowledgments x
Alphabetical Listing of Key Movements and Theories xii
Introduction 1
The Nature of Literary Theory 2
What is Literature? 4
The Practice of Theory 8
How To Use the Handbook 9
1 The Rise of Literary Theory 11
Early Developments in Literary Theory 12
Modernism and Formalism, 1890s-1940s 18
Cultural and Critical Theory, 1930s-1960s 24
The Poststructuralist Turn, 1960s-1970s 27
Culture, Gender, and History, 1980s-1990s 33
Postmodernism and Post-Marxism, 1980s-2000s 39
Posthumanism: Theory at the Fin de Siècle 44
Conclusion 47
2 The Scope of Literary Theory 51
1 Form/Structure/Narrative/Genre 52
Formalism and Structuralism 52
New Criticism 59
Chicago School Neo-Aristotelian Theory 63
Narrative Theory/Narratology 68
Theory of the Novel 75
2 Ideology/Philosophy/History/Aesthetics 84
Marxist Theory 84
Critical Theory 91
Post-Marxist Theory 101
New Historicism/Cultural Poetics 119
Postmodernism 125
3 Language/Systems/Texts/Readers 142
Phenomenology and Hermeneutics 142
Reader-Response Theory 153
Deconstruction 160
Poststructuralism 167
4 Mind/Body/Gender/Identity 178
Psychoanalysis 178
Feminist Theory 190
Gender Studies 198
Gay and Lesbian Studies 204
Trauma Studies 209
5 Culture/Ethnicities/Nations/Locations 218
Cultural Studies 218
African American Studies 225
Ethnic and Indigenous Studies 231
Chicano/a Studies 232
Native and Indigenous Studies 235
Asian American Studies 237
Postcolonial Studies 242
Transnationalism 254
6 People/Places/Bodies/Things 266
Posthumanism 266
Evolutionary Literary Theory 278
Object-Oriented Ontologies 283
Disability Studies 290
Ecocriticism 298
3 Key Figures in Literary Theory 313
Theodor Adorno (1903-69) 313
Giorgio Agamben (1942- ) 314
Louis Althusser (1918-90) 315
Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (1895-1975) 316
Roland Barthes (1915-80) 317
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) 318
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) 319
Homi Bhabha (1949- ) 320
Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) 321
Lawrence Buell (1939- ) 322
Judith Butler (1956- ) 323
Hélène Cixous (1937- ) 324
Lennard Davis (1949- ) 324
Teresa de Lauretis (1939- ) 325
Gilles Deleuze (1925-95) and Félix Guattari (1930-92) 326
Paul de Man (1919-83) 327
Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) 328
Terry Eagleton (1943- ) 330
Frantz Fanon (1925-61) 330
Stanley Fish (1938- ) 331
Michel Foucault (1926-84) 332
Henry Louis Gates (1950- ) 333
Sandra Gilbert (1936- ) and Susan Gubar (1944- ) 334
Stephen Greenblatt (1943- ) 335
Elizabeth Grosz (1952- ) 336
Stuart Hall (1932- ) 337
Donna Haraway (1944- ) 338
N. Katherine Hayles (1943- ) 339
bell hooks (1952- ) 340
Luce Irigaray (1930- ) 341
Wolfgang Iser (1926-2007) 342
Fredric Jameson (1934- ) 343
Julia Kristeva (1941- ) 344
Jacques Lacan (1901-81) 345
Bruno Latour (1947- ) 346
Jean-François Lyotard (1924-98) 348
J. Hillis Miller (1928- ) 349
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Alphabetical Listing of Key Movements and Theories xii
Introduction 1
The Nature of Literary Theory 2
What is Literature? 4
The Practice of Theory 8
How To Use the Handbook 9
1 The Rise of Literary Theory 11
Early Developments in Literary Theory 12
Modernism and Formalism, 1890s-1940s 18
Cultural and Critical Theory, 1930s-1960s 24
The Poststructuralist Turn, 1960s-1970s 27
Culture, Gender, and History, 1980s-1990s 33
Postmodernism and Post-Marxism, 1980s-2000s 39
Posthumanism: Theory at the Fin de Siècle 44
Conclusion 47
2 The Scope of Literary Theory 51
1 Form/Structure/Narrative/Genre 52
Formalism and Structuralism 52
New Criticism 59
Chicago School Neo-Aristotelian Theory 63
Narrative Theory/Narratology 68
Theory of the Novel 75
2 Ideology/Philosophy/History/Aesthetics 84
Marxist Theory 84
Critical Theory 91
Post-Marxist Theory 101
New Historicism/Cultural Poetics 119
Postmodernism 125
3 Language/Systems/Texts/Readers 142
Phenomenology and Hermeneutics 142
Reader-Response Theory 153
Deconstruction 160
Poststructuralism 167
4 Mind/Body/Gender/Identity 178
Psychoanalysis 178
Feminist Theory 190
Gender Studies 198
Gay and Lesbian Studies 204
Trauma Studies 209
5 Culture/Ethnicities/Nations/Locations 218
Cultural Studies 218
African American Studies 225
Ethnic and Indigenous Studies 231
Chicano/a Studies 232
Native and Indigenous Studies 235
Asian American Studies 237
Postcolonial Studies 242
Transnationalism 254
6 People/Places/Bodies/Things 266
Posthumanism 266
Evolutionary Literary Theory 278
Object-Oriented Ontologies 283
Disability Studies 290
Ecocriticism 298
3 Key Figures in Literary Theory 313
Theodor Adorno (1903-69) 313
Giorgio Agamben (1942- ) 314
Louis Althusser (1918-90) 315
Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (1895-1975) 316
Roland Barthes (1915-80) 317
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) 318
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) 319
Homi Bhabha (1949- ) 320
Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) 321
Lawrence Buell (1939- ) 322
Judith Butler (1956- ) 323
Hélène Cixous (1937- ) 324
Lennard Davis (1949- ) 324
Teresa de Lauretis (1939- ) 325
Gilles Deleuze (1925-95) and Félix Guattari (1930-92) 326
Paul de Man (1919-83) 327
Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) 328
Terry Eagleton (1943- ) 330
Frantz Fanon (1925-61) 330
Stanley Fish (1938- ) 331
Michel Foucault (1926-84) 332
Henry Louis Gates (1950- ) 333
Sandra Gilbert (1936- ) and Susan Gubar (1944- ) 334
Stephen Greenblatt (1943- ) 335
Elizabeth Grosz (1952- ) 336
Stuart Hall (1932- ) 337
Donna Haraway (1944- ) 338
N. Katherine Hayles (1943- ) 339
bell hooks (1952- ) 340
Luce Irigaray (1930- ) 341
Wolfgang Iser (1926-2007) 342
Fredric Jameson (1934- ) 343
Julia Kristeva (1941- ) 344
Jacques Lacan (1901-81) 345
Bruno Latour (1947- ) 346
Jean-François Lyotard (1924-98) 348
J. Hillis Miller (1928- ) 349
Anto
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The Literary Theory Handbook introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, showing them how to perform literary analysis, and providing a greater understanding of the historical contexts for different theories.
* A new edition of this highly successful text, which includes updated and refined chapters, and new sections on contemporary theories
* Far reaching in its inclusion of a detailed history of theory and in-depth discussions of major theories and movements
* Four distinct perspectives on theory--historical, thematic, biographical, practical--are carefully intertwined, so that key concepts, terms and ideas are developed in different contexts and cross-referenced, in the text and in the index.
* Includes alphabetically-arranged biographies designed for quick reference, and sample readings to illustrate the practical application of theory
* A new edition of this highly successful text, which includes updated and refined chapters, and new sections on contemporary theories
* Far reaching in its inclusion of a detailed history of theory and in-depth discussions of major theories and movements
* Four distinct perspectives on theory--historical, thematic, biographical, practical--are carefully intertwined, so that key concepts, terms and ideas are developed in different contexts and cross-referenced, in the text and in the index.
* Includes alphabetically-arranged biographies designed for quick reference, and sample readings to illustrate the practical application of theory