Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory, 3 Volume Set
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- ISBN 9781405183123
- Weight: 3311g
- Dimensions: 213 x 310mm
- Publication Date: 17 Dec 2010
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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- Part of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature
- Contains over 300 entries of 1000-7000 words written by an international cast of nearly 300 leading scholars in literary and cultural theory
- Provides explanations of complex terms, important theoretical concepts, and tools for critical analysis
- Provides summaries of the work and ideas of key figures such as Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Slavoj iek, and many more
- Online version provides students and researchers with 24/7 access to authoritative reference and powerful searching, browsing and cross-referencing capabilities
- Special introductory price available
General Editor
Michael Ryan teaches in the Department of Film & Media Arts at Temple University. He is co-editor (with Amitava Kumar) of Politics and Culture (www.politicsandculture.org). His books include Marxism and Deconstruction (1982), Camera Politica (with Douglas Kellner, 1986), and Politics and Culture (1989). He is the editor of Literary Theory: An Anthology (with Julie Rivkin, 2nd edn. Wiley-Blackwell, 2004) and Cultural Studies: An Anthology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008). His textbooks include Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction (2nd edn. Wiley-Blackwell, 2005), Cultural Studies: A Practical Introduction (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), An Introduction to Criticism (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming), and An Introduction to Film Analysis (forthcoming).
Volume Editors
Gregory Castle is Professor of English at Arizona State University. His publications include Postcolonial Discourses: A Reader (Wiley-Blackwell, 2001), Modernism and the Celtic Revival (2001), Reading the Modernist Bildungsroman (2006), and The Blackwell Guide to Literary Theory (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).
Robert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London. His books include Ethical Criticism: Reading after Levinas (1997), Doing English (3rd edn., 2009), The Holocaust and the Postmodern (2004), Derrida's Legacies (with Simon Glendenning, 2008), J. M. Coetzee in Theory and Practice (with Elleke Hoehmer and Katy Iddiols, 2009). He is series editor for Routledge Critical Thinkers.
M. Keith Booker is the James E. and Ellen Wadley Roper Professor of English and Director of the Program in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of more than 30 books, including The Science Fiction Handbook (with Anne-Marie Thomas, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).
