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Beginning Theory

Paperback • 2008 • English

Beginning Theory

By Peter Barry

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About the book

Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade now. This new and expanded third edition continues to offer students and readers the best one-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions about the critics and the theories they represent, Peter Barry allows readers to devel...Show more

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ISBN

9780719079276

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

Beginning Theory

Format

Paperback

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