Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide, (Hardcover)

from zinkel101

A very good overview of approaches to literature, from psychoanalysis to Marxist to Feminist to New Criticism to Deconstruction to New History and Cultural criticism. Tyson not only explains the theories and terminology, but gives the reader some of the foremost critics and uses Fitzgerald's Grea...

from crimsonsonata

Summary: Finally, a useful guide for the 11 critical theories most used to analyze literature today! This book explicitly details each critical theory from African American criticism down to reader-response criticism. Use and appropriateness in a HS classroom (teacher and student material): This ...

from snat

One of the best books on critical theory. Easy and accessible, it's helped me write many an A paper.

from snat

One of the best books on critical theory. Easy and accessible, it's helped me write many an A paper.