Subject: Re: Literary theory
From: LR Pearson, Arts 99 (lp9616@bristol.ac.uk)
Date: Sat Feb 26 2000 - 09:03:17 EST
On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 08:01:02 EST AntiUtopia@aol.com wrote:
>
> ehm...there's a Norton Critical Series edition of several books...what they
> do is publish a novel with six or eight pieces of criticism following, all
> representative of different types of literary criticism. Each "type" is
> described in an opening section prior to the criticism. It's a good way to
> learn because you see examples at the same time you get an explanation, and
> all the pieces are on the same work. I have the Norton on Joyce's Portrait,
> I think, but there's one on Chopin's Awakening and on a number of other
> novels.
>
> There's also a book called Contexts for Criticism, which has reproduced some
> of the most influential critical theory pieces over the last century along
> with criticism and explanations of the schools of thought. Donald Keesey is
> the editor. It's very good but will be more difficult reading than the
> Nortons. It includes the text of Chopin's Awakening at the end with
> representative pieces of criticism.
>
> Good luck :)
>
> Jim
Thanks Jim. It's one of the many difficult but (hopefully) worthwhile
things I want to get done reasonably early in my life. And when I'm a
famous literary critic, I'll think of you ;-).
Love, Lucy-Ruth
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