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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... possible approaches to the passage . The exercises at the end of the book will enable readers to attempt different readings . Why should we try to think ourselves into such disparate theoretical frames of reference ? Should we try to ...
... possible approaches to the passage . The exercises at the end of the book will enable readers to attempt different readings . Why should we try to think ourselves into such disparate theoretical frames of reference ? Should we try to ...
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... possible value for a materialist or historical form of criticism . Readers must decide which questions are likely to direct the current of their life energies into congenial channels . This does not mean that nothing can be gained from ...
... possible value for a materialist or historical form of criticism . Readers must decide which questions are likely to direct the current of their life energies into congenial channels . This does not mean that nothing can be gained from ...
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... possible to prioritise the questions one might ask about literary texts . For example , reader - response theories may provide useful concepts and methods to assist a materialist study of literature and ideology . After all , for ...
... possible to prioritise the questions one might ask about literary texts . For example , reader - response theories may provide useful concepts and methods to assist a materialist study of literature and ideology . After all , for ...
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