About this title: 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 ...
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Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: Manchester University Press Pub Date: 9/7/2002 Binding: Paperback Pages: 320. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780719043260ISBN:0719043263
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Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780719062681ISBN:0719062683
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Beginnings. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 3 REV ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780719079276ISBN:0719079276
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 336 pages. Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade. this volume focuses on literary theory. it offers students and readers introduction to the field. illustrations edition 3 rev ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN-13:9780719043260ISBN:0719043263
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780719043260ISBN:0719043263
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Date Published: 27/07/1995
ISBN-13:9780719043260ISBN:0719043263
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Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780719062681ISBN:0719062683
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Very clean used book. Does have used book sticker on back. With minimal inside marks. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Beginnings. Audience: General/trade. read more
"This book is a good starter for a class like the one I read it in (senior seminar) but I disagree with Barry on so many things I couldn't give it more than 3 stars. He does a good job of breaking down theories and methods so that they are easier to understand, and picks out the best distinctions to make between similar sorts of theories so that students can tell them apart. His examples of how to apply the theories are not always great. (He uses Barthes' S/Z for structuralism. Not your typical undergrad reading.) He also makes some declarations and generalizations, and I think he wants the student to "believe" him. I'm keeping the book around for some handy numbered lists that are in there, but the best things about it are the huge lists of suggested reading at the end of each chapter!"
"This book is not only easy to read and well laid out, but also has been updated to cover more recent developments in the area of literary theory with chapters on ecocriticism and gay/lesbian literature. The samples he uses in every chapter are very helpful as well as the the descriptions of what each kind of critic would look for in a literary work.
He even supplies some readings for the samples.
Very helpful to anyone requiring an overview of literary theory."
"Of the many books available that purport to demystify theory for students and nonacademic audiences, this one is my favorite. Barry writes with humor and has great command of the material. I've used this book a few times in graduate critical theory courses and the students have likewise found it useful."
"This was very readable and easy to understand. The examples were interesting and the writing was engaging. I imagine this is probably the best beginning book on theory you're going to find. While it was easy to understand, it's not patronizing or too simple. I wasn't a fan of most of the stop and think sections in the book, they are fine to read but I had no inclination to do the suggested activities nor did I feel that they would help my understanding one jot, but that is a minor point to concede. I made the mistake of reading Eagleton's book first, which was just too dense for a beginner, but found that a lot of my confusion cleared up reading this. The author provides an annotated bibliography at the end of each chapter as well as a more general one at the end of the book so I really felt that I had a clear guide of where to turn next when I'm ready to study certain theories in more depth and in the original."
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