A Practical Reader in Contemporary Literary Theory

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A Practical Reader in Contemporary Literary Theory is written by Peter Brooker and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1317903552 (ISBN 10) and 9781317903550 (ISBN 13).

This introduction to practicing literary theory is a reader consisting of extracts from critical analyses, largely by 20th century Anglo-American literary critics, set around major literary texts that undergraduate students are known to be familiar with. It is specifically targeted to present literary criticism through practical examples of essays by literary theorists themselves, on texts both within and outside the literary canon. Four example essays are included for each author/text presented.