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Beginning Theory

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Beginning Theory

By Peter Barry

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer readers the best single-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, Beginning theory allows readers to develop their ow...Show more

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ISBN

9781526121790

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published year

2017

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