The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900-2000

Dorothy J. Hale

John Wiley & Sons, Nov 4, 2005 - Literary Criticism - 848 pages

The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900–2000 is a collection of the most influential writings on the theory of the novel from the twentieth century.

Traces the rise of novel theory and the extension of its influence into other disciplines, especially social, cultural and political theory.
Broad in scope, including sections on formalism; the Chicago School; structuralism and narratology; deconstruction; psychoanalysis; Marxism; social discourse; gender; post-colonialism; and more.
Includes whole essays or chapters wherever possible.
Headnotes introduce and link each piece, enabling readers to draw connections between different schools of thought.
Encourages students to approach theoretical texts with confidence, applying the same skills they bring to literary texts.
Includes a volume introduction, a selected bibliography, an index of topics and short author biographies to support study.

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Table of Contents

Index

General Introduction	1

Part I Form and Function	17

Part II The Chicago School	107

Part III Structuralism Narratology Deconstruction	185

Part IV Psychoanalytic Approaches	271

Part V Marxist Approaches	343

Part VI The Novel as Social Discourse	435

Part VII Gender Sexuality and the Novel	559

Part VIII PostColonialism and the Novel	653

Part IX Novel Readers	747

Index	803

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Dorothy J. Hale
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Dorothy J. Hale
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About the author (2005)

Dorothy J. Hale is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Social Formalism: The Novel in Theory from Henry James to the Present (1998), which won the George and Barbara Perkins Prize given yearly by the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature for the best book published on narrative.

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Title	The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900-2000
Editor	Dorothy J. Hale
Edition	illustrated
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons, 2005
ISBN	140510774X, 9781405107747
Length	848 pages
Subjects	Literary Criticism › Semiotics & Theory Language Arts & Disciplines / General Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory

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