Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory: The Johns Hopkins GuideMichael Groden, Martin Kreiswirth, Imre Szeman This helpful guide serves as an introduction to contemporary literary theory. Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory: The Johns Hopkins Guide is a clear, accessible, and detailed overview of the most important thinkers and topics in the field. Written by specialists from across disciplines, its entries cover contemporary theory from Adorno to Žižek, providing an informative and reliable introduction to a vast, challenging area of inquiry. Materials include newly commissioned articles along with essays drawn from The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, known as the definitive resource for students and scholars of literary theory and for philosophical reflection on literature and culture. |
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Michel de Certeau | 75 |
Paul de Man | 101 |
Terry Eagleton | 135 |
Frantz Fanon | 155 |
Henry Louis Gates Jr | 227 |
Stuart Hall | 260 |
Marxist Theory and Criticism | 312 |
JeanLuc Nancy | 343 |
Phenomenology | 378 |
Queer Theory and Criticism | 412 |
Race and Ethnicity | 426 |
Edward W Said | 445 |
Raymond Williams | 496 |
Slavoj Žižek | 501 |
Luce Irigaray | 270 |
Fredric Jameson | 274 |
Julia Kristeva | 278 |
Jacques Lacan | 281 |
List of Contributors | 505 |
Index of Names | 511 |
Index of Topics | 518 |