Oxford Online: Literary Theory Recommended Reading

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Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton
2,410 members
19 reviews
3.9
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Literary Theory: An Anthology
by Julie Rivkin
692 members
1 review
½ 3.7
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Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory
by Peter Barry
1,020 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
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After Theory
by Terry Eagleton
580 members
5 reviews
3.9
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On Deconstruction: Theory and Criticism after Structuralism
by Jonathan D. Culler
486 members
2 reviews
3.2
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Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction
by Catherine Belsey
469 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
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Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory
by Toril Moi
431 members
1 review
½ 3.5
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Marxism and Literary Criticism
by Terry Eagleton
397 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
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A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory
by Raman Selden
362 members
1 review
½ 3.5
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An Introductory Guide to Post-Structuralism and Postmodernism
by Madan Sarup
280 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
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The Prison-House of Language
by Fredric Jameson
253 members
3.9
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The Pursuit of Signs: Semiotics, Literature, Deconstruction
by Jonathan D. Culler
204 members
1 review
4
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Reader-Response Criticism: From Formalism to Post-Structuralism
by Jane P. Tompkins
180 members
1 review
½ 3.7
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Intertextuality
by Graham Allen
159 members
3.1
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Criticism and Ideology: A Study in Marxist Literary Theory
by Terry Eagleton
157 members
3.2
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The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology
by Cheryll Glotfelty
149 members
2 reviews
4
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Beginning Postcolonialism (Beginnings)
by John McLeod
85 members
1 review
½ 3.7
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The Uncanny: An Introduction
by Nicholas Royle
83 members
4.1
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Literature and Psychoanalysis: The Question of Reading: Otherwise
by Shoshana Felman
82 members
1 review
3.2
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Doing English (Doing... Series)
by Robert Eaglestone
63 members
2.8
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Studying Literature: The Essential Companion
by Paul Goring
42 members
4
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Practical Criticism (Palgrave Study Guides:Literature)
by John Peck
25 members
½ 3.5
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Literary Theory: A Reintroduction
by David Ayers
17 members
½ 2.5
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Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism (Longman Critical Readers)
by Maud Ellmann
15 members
3
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New Historicism and Cultural Materialism
by John Brannigan
13 members
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The Routledge Companion To Postcolonial Studies (Routledge Companions)
by John McLeod
8 members
1 review
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The Cultural Politics of the New Criticism
by Mark Jancovich
5 members