Book Details
An Unrivaled Collection: The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism offers nearly twice the number of selections in other leading anthologies and more twentieth-century selections than any other text (including anthologies devoted solely to the twentieth century). This historical breadth of coverage and depth of selectionespecially within the twentieth centurymake The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism the perfect choice for nearly any theory and criticism course.
Continuity and Connections: The works in The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism have been chosen not only because they are individually important but also because they speak to each other, providing students with a rich portrait of the ongoing "critical conversation." Where appropriate, the editors link classical, medieval, and early modern critics to contemporary theorists and movements as well as to other classical, medieval, and early modern critics. Throughout the twentieth-century selections, the editors trace the complex web of interrelated ideas and explicit influences.
Helpful Apparatus:
General Introduction: A 30-page introduction surveys the history of criticism and theory and provides an overview of the many schools and movements that make up the contemporary theoretical landscape.
Headnotes: Each of the 169 figures represented in The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism is treated in an informative headnote that not only introduces the writer's life and thought but also connects the writer to other critics, theorists, and movements.
Bibliographies: Each author headnote is followed by a selected bibliography. A detailed, annotated general bibliography at the end of the volume is divided into historical periods and major schools and movements. This material makes The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism a valuable reference for scholars as well as a useful teaching anthology.
Annotations: In the Norton tradition, The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism's annotations are extensive, helpful, and as unobtrusive to students' own interpretive work as possible.
Author Biography: VINCENT B. LEITCH, General Editor, is a professor at the University of Oklahoma, where he holds the Paul and Carol Daube Sutton Chair in English. A foremost historian of contemporary literary criticism and theory, Professor Leitch is the author of the standard history, American Literary Criticism from the 1930s to the 1980s, as well as of Deconstructive Criticism; Cultural Criticism, Literary Theory, Poststructuralism; and Postmodernism: Local Effects, Global Flows.
- Binding Others
- Author/s Leitch, Vincent B. (Ed.)
- ISBN13 9780393932928
- ISBN10 0393932923
- Pages 2624
- Published 2010
- Language English
The Norton anthology of theory and criticism
- Author Vincent B. (Ed.) Leitch
- Publisher NORTON
- ISBN 9780393932928
Our booksellers can check its availability and give you an estimate of when it will be ready.