Contemporary Literary Theory - Hardcover

"The editors aimed for a 'textbook' that 'relates contemporary theory to critical and pedagogical practice.' They successfully guided their twelve contributors to produce essays 'directed to and written expressly for the non-specialist, teacher, student, and "general reader," still in need of succinct but detailed, clear, and accessible introductions to the theoretical positions that clamor for attention and claim privilege―and that have so much to offer.' Professor Atkins's introduction is both inviting and reassuring to those who would like just such a textbook."―American Literature

"In these days of multitudinous and revolutionary theories of literature, most linked by linguistic esoterica and many squeezed under the accommodating umbrella of reader response, any systematic and simplified presentation for the novice theorist is welcome. Contemporary Literary Theory undertakes just such a mission and, by and large, does it well."―World Literature Today