Terry Eagleton 
Literary Theory [PDF ebook] 
An Introduction, 2nd Revised Edition, Anniversary Edition

A quarter of a century on from its original publication,
Literary Theory: An Introduction still conjures the
subversion, excitement and exoticism that characterized theory
through the 1960s and 70s, when it posed an unprecedented challenge
to the literary establishment. Eagleton has added a new preface to
this anniversary edition to address more recent developments in
literary studies, including what he describes as ’the growth
of a kind of anti-theory’, and the idea that literary theory
has been institutionalized. Insightful and enlightening,
Literary Theory: An Introduction remains the essential guide
to the field.

* * 25th Anniversary Edition of Terry Eagleton’s classic
introduction to literary theory

* First published in 1983, and revised in 1996 to include
material on developments in feminist and cultural theory

* Has served as an inspiration to generations of students and
teachers

* Continues to function as arguably the definitive undergraduate
textbook on literary theory

* Reissue includes a new foreword by Eagleton himself, reflecting
on the impact and enduring success of the book, and on developments
in literary theory since it was first published

Innehållsförteckning

Preface to the Anniversary Edition.

Preface to the Second Edition.

Preface to the First Edition.

Introduction: What is Literature?.

1. The Rise of English.

2. Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Reception Theory.

3. Structuralism and Semiotics.

4. Post-Structuralism.

5. Psychoanalysis.

Conclusion: Political Criticism.

Afterword.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index

Om författaren

Terry Eagleton is John Edward Taylor Professor of English Literature at the University of Manchester. His recent publications include How to Read a Poem (2006), The English Novel (2004), Sweet Violence: The Idea of the Tragic (2003), The Idea of Culture (2000), Scholars and Rebels in Nineteenth-Century Ireland (1999), and The Illusions of Postmodernism (1996), all published by Blackwell Publishing.