Practicing Theory and Reading Literature: An Introduction" A clear and accessible demonstration of how contemporary literary theories can be applied to a wide range of texts, from Shakespeare, Bunyan, Sterne, Keats, to James, Stevens, Joyce, Pinter, Updike, and Arthur Miller." |
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... passage captures nicely the combination of moral and scholarly elements which make up the traditional virtues of English literary criticism . On the one hand , it is concerned with the celebration , preservation and communication of ...
... passage captures nicely the combination of moral and scholarly elements which make up the traditional virtues of English literary criticism . On the one hand , it is concerned with the celebration , preservation and communication of ...
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... passage of time . Marxist thought , for example , has continued to sharpen and renew the insights of the founding fathers in the light of new knowledge . Influential revisions of Marxist and Freudian theories draw upon structuralist ...
... passage of time . Marxist thought , for example , has continued to sharpen and renew the insights of the founding fathers in the light of new knowledge . Influential revisions of Marxist and Freudian theories draw upon structuralist ...
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... passage from William Blake's America . The poem is an allegorical vision of the rebellion of the American colonies under George III which led to the American War of Independence . The reactionary English government ( ' Albion's Angel ...
... passage from William Blake's America . The poem is an allegorical vision of the rebellion of the American colonies under George III which led to the American War of Independence . The reactionary English government ( ' Albion's Angel ...
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... passage as the beginning of the poem , we can say that our first response to the opening lines is going to be corrected by what follows ( unless we are already familiar with Blake's poetic methods ) . ' Angel ' has positive connotations ...
... passage as the beginning of the poem , we can say that our first response to the opening lines is going to be corrected by what follows ( unless we are already familiar with Blake's poetic methods ) . ' Angel ' has positive connotations ...
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... passage . A Structuralist Approach A structuralist might concentrate on the figurative level of the poem's discourse . Roman Jakobson shows that linguistic structures may be used as keys to open literary structures . ' Binary ...
... passage . A Structuralist Approach A structuralist might concentrate on the figurative level of the poem's discourse . Roman Jakobson shows that linguistic structures may be used as keys to open literary structures . ' Binary ...
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