Practicing Theory and Reading Literature: An Introduction" A clear and accessible demonstration of how contemporary literary theories can be applied to a wide range of texts, from Shakespeare, Bunyan, Sterne, Keats, to James, Stevens, Joyce, Pinter, Updike, and Arthur Miller." |
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| Title | Practicing Theory and Reading Literature: An Introduction Literary theory Literary theory. Practice and pedagogy |
| Author | Raman Selden |
| Publisher | University Press of Kentucky, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0813101913, 9780813101910 |
| Length | 206 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory |
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