Modern literary theory. A comparative introduction

For the new edition of this well-established guide the editors and contributors have fully updated the text and bibliography, and have added two important new chapters. These cover reading and interpretation - hermeneutics, phenomenology, reception theory - and feminist literary theory.Literary theory is a fast-moving field, and much has happened since publication of the first edition to necessitate both revision and expansion. Theory itself has become firmly established as a subject of study in its own right; new schools of theory have come into prominence; and the process whereby literary theories borrow from and fertilise each other has continued to accelerate - thus vindicating the editors’ original emphasis on crossreference and comparison. The new additions and revisions will ensure that Modern Literary Theory holds its place as one of the most comprehensive and helpful textbooks available on the subject.