Introduction to Graduate Study: ENG 5001

An invaluable resource for understanding key terms and debates in the fields of American studies and cultural studies.

Introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, as well as showing them how to perform literary analysis.

This is a long-standing book series that is now contained within the database Gale Literature Criticism. Covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. Provides full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Search or browse by literary topic, text, and/or author.

A comprehensive look at English literature from early Briton and Saxon days right through to the beginning of the 20th century, including a fantastic wealth of references for further study.

Situates American literature in the contexts of American history, politics and society.

Comprehensive guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day provides an authoritative overview of the major movements, figures, and texts of literary criticism, as well as surveying their cultural, historical, and philosophical contexts.

Each essay provides a concise history of a literary term, critically explores the issues and questions the term raises, and then puts theory into practice by showing the reading strategies the term permits.

Covers all the major schools and methods that make up the dynamic field of literary theory, from Formalism to Postcolonialism.

Navigates readers through various theoretical approaches, including Russian Formalism, structuralism, deconstruction, gender studies, and New Historicism. Applies theoretical approaches to examples from ancient literature Extensive bibliographies and index make it a valuable resource for scholars in the field.

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Features interviews with nineteen leading U.S. literary and cultural critics.

Essays address literature and politics, with some focusing on the sorry state of higher education and others concentrating on teaching and the fate of the humanities.

A collection of lively essays on words that are critical to understanding the modern world.

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This ebook can be viewed by one person at a time.
Another digital copy is available for short-term borrowing via Internet archive.
If you’d like to access this ebook, you will first need to setup an account. Here’s a basic guide on how to setup an account and then borrow a book. Some items may be borrowed for 1 hour; some also have a 14-day option.