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Title: Literary Theory: An Anthology by Julie Rivkin, Michael Ryan ISBN: 0-631-20029-0 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $52.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A further recommendation
Comment: The strengths and weaknesses of this anthology have been thorougly hashed out by other reviewers, (particularly alopez02 & onela22) & my view of the text falls somewhere in between their 2 opinions. BUT, I would recommend _The Norton Anthology of Theory & Criticism_ (5 stars) over Rivkin/Ryan if you have to choose only 1 anthology: pound for pound--& I mean this literally, they both weigh in on the heavy end of the scale ;>) --you'll get more bang for your buck with the Norton's (though I own both and find it handy to use them in conjunction, 1 tome often contains different selections than the other). The Norton's contains a far more comprehensive survey extending from the classics (Plato, Horace, Aristotle, et al) to the latest postmodern theorists (Derrida, Kristeva, etc.) & hence gives a good overview not only of the individual theories themselves, but also of the development of Western critical theory.
The difficulty with any anthology, & particularly an anthology of lit crit, is there's simply too much material out there to cover in depth in 1 tome. So keep this in mind & remember that the anthology's a jumping off point for further literary study (Norton's has excellent exhaustive bibliographies on each writer included). Use it to find scholars whose theories intrigue you and then go to the source of the material to get their theories whole cloth.
Best of luck!
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Anthology
Comment: This book was used in my graduate level current literary theory course. It is a wonderful text that supplies ready access to the writers and texts that helped to shape what theory is today. It is not the intention of this book to necessarily apply these theories and show how they can be used. Often, the texts included seem to have no bearing on literature. That is simply because they were not all written as literary theory texts when they were penned. Instead, theory absorbed them and changed itself based upon the ideas in the text. This book is an anthology, not a guide. For a book that shows how to use theory, I recommend Lois Tyson's Critical Theory Today. For a book that shows the texts that each theory is based upon, buy this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Anthology
Comment: (Complaints about "jargon" are simply reactions against theory.) I find this book very useful and teach it to undergrads annually.
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Title: Glossary of Literary Terms by M. H. Abrams ISBN: 015505452X Publisher: Heinle Pub. Date: 18 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $45.95 |
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Title: Criticisms: Major Statements by Charles Kaplan, William Davis Anderson, Kaplan Educational Centers ISBN: 0312137451 Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $57.55 |
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Title: Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton ISBN: 081661251X Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society by Raymond Williams ISBN: 0195204697 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: May, 1985 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan D. Culler ISBN: 019285383X Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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