Literary Theory

A Beginner's Guide

Clare Connors

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English

Oneworld Publications
12 May 2010

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary theory

Series: Beginner's Guides

Rescuing the subject from deadly dry theorists and -isms, Clare Connors focuses on the real questions that emerge when we read and study literature - such as how we find meaning and how literature relates to its historical context - before exploring the response of theorists. Using selections from works including poetry by Christina Rossetti and Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain, Connors unites theory with practice, revealing how enjoyable it is to think about reading.

By: Clare Connors
Imprint: Oneworld Publications
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9781851687305
ISBN 10: 1851687300
Series: Beginner's Guides
Pages: 227
Publication Date: 12 May 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Clare Connors is a lecturer in English at the University of Oxford. She has taught at a number of the university's colleges and its Department of Continuing Education, and has written extensively on literary theory and literary theorists.

Reviews for Literary Theory: A Beginner's Guide

For the first time in over ten years, we have a new introduction to literary theory that is profoundly reliable as well as inviting, playful and inventive. -- Sarah Wood - Director of MA in Critical Theory, School of English, University of Kent Lucid, very readable and authoritative. -- Tim Clark - Professor in the Deparment of English Studies, Durham University