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
About the author
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.
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