by David H. Richter
Conflicting Views on Reading Literature
Second Edition ©2000
ISBN-10: 0-312-20156-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-20156-2 Paper Text, 414 pages See available formats »
22 new selections reflect the most current topics in the discipline: the history of English as a discipline, the impact of cultural studies, the purpose of a liberal education, postcolonial studies, gender studies, and aesthetics. New authors include Janice A. Radway, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Simon During, and Michael Bérubé.Expanded coverage for each of the key questions: more on the history of English as a discipline (6 new selections), more on the kinds of texts students study (5 new selections), and a wider representation of critical schools (11 new selections).Revised and updated introductions to the book and each of its three parts show students how literary theory and canon debates have changed literary studies.An appendix with annotated links to Web sources ties the issues in the book to public discussions about the literary canon and the importance of literature.Companion Web site at bedfordstmartins.com/falling provides additional resources that students and instructors can use to tie discussions in the book to public debates.
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