Literary Theory: A Guide for the Perplexed

Klages (English, U. of Colorado) explains the concepts of literary theory for beginners and students. Theories covered are humanist literary theory, structuralism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, feminism, queer theory, ideology and discourse, race and postcolonialism, and postmodernism, with information on key thinkers in each area. The book comes out of an introductory class Klages teaches. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)