Texts And Contexts: Writing About Literature With Critical Theory -- Books A La Carte (7th Edition)

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Brief Contents Contents Preface Chapter 1: An Introduction, Theoretically Textual Tours Checking Some Baggage “Is There One Correct Interpretation of a Literary Work?" “So, Are All Opinions About Literature Equally Valid?" Anything to Declare? Theory Enables Practice You Already Have a Theoretical Stance This is an Introduction Here’s the Plan Works Cited and Recommended Further Reading Chapter 2: Critical Worlds: A Selective Tour Brendan Gill, from “Here at The New Yorker" New Criticism Reader-Response Criticism Structuralist and Deconstructive Criticism Historical, Postcolonial, and Cultural Studies Psychological Criticism Political Criticism Other Approaches Works Cited and Recommended Further Reading Chapter 3: Unifying the Work: New Criticism The Purpose of New Criticism Basic Principles Reflected Archibald MacLeish, “Ars Poetica Radicals in Tweed Jackets How to Do New Criticism Film and Other Genres The Writing Process: A Sample Essay Gwendolyn Brooks, “The Mother" Preparing to Write Shaping Drafting Practicing New Criticism Stephen Shu-ning Liu, “My Father’s Martial Art" Ben Jonson, “On My First Son" The Parable of the Prodigal Son Useful Terms for New Criticism Checklist for New Criticism Works Cited Recommended Further Reading Chapter 4: Creating the Text: Reader-Response Criticism The Purpose of Reader-Response Criticism New Criticism as the Old Criticism The Reader Emerges How to Do Reader-Response Criticism Preparing to Respond Sandra Cisneros, “Love Poem #1" Making Sense Subjective Response Receptive Response The Writing Process: A Sample Essay Preparing to Respond Ernest Hemingway, “A Very Short Story Preparing to Write Shaping Drafting Practicing Reader-Response Criticism Michael Drayton, “Since There’s No Help" Judith Minty, “Killing the Bear" Tom Wayman, “Did I Miss Anything" A. Williams “deep as space" Useful Terms for Reader-Response Criticism Checklist for Reader-Response Criticism Works Cited Recommended Further Reading Chapter 5: Opening Up the Text: Structuralism and Deconstruction The Purposes of Structuralism and Deconstruction Structuralism and Semiotics Poststructuralism and Deconstruction How to Do Structuralism and Deconstruction William Butler Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium" The Writing Process: A Sample Essay Amy Clampitt, “Discovery" Preparing to Write Shaping Drafting Practicing Structuralist and Deconstructive Criticism “Cut through the anxiety, the unknown, the hassle. . . ." William Blake, “London" Linda Pastan, “Ethics" John Donne, “Death Be Not Proud" Useful Terms for Deconstruction Checklist for Deconstruction Works Cited Recommended Further Reading Chapter 6: Connecting the Text: Historical and New Historical Criticism The Purposes of Historical and New Historical Criticism Biographical and Historical Criticism John Milton, “When I Consider How My Light Is Spent" Cultural Studies New Historicism History as Text Marxist Criticism Postcolonial and Ethnic Studies How to Do Biographical and Historical Criticism The Writing Process: Sample Essays John Cheever, “Reunion" A Biographical Essay Preparing to Write Shaping Drafting A New Historical Essay Preparing to Write Shaping Drafting Practicing Historical Criticism Useful Terms for Historical, Cultural, and Postcolonial Criticism Checklist for Historical Criticism Works Cited Recommended Further Reading Historical Research New Historical Research Biographical Research Chapter 7: Minding the Work: Psychological Criticism The Purpose of Psychological Criticism How to Do Psychological Criticism William Wordsworth, “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" The Writing Process: A Sample Essay William Shakespeare, Hamlet 4.4.32–66 Preparing to Write Shaping Drafting Practicing Psychological Criticism Emily Dickinson, “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" Marianne Moore, “O to Be a Dragon" Matthew Arnold, “Dover Beach" Your Dream Here Useful Terms for Psychological Criticism Checklist for Psychological Criticism Works Cited Recommended Further Reading Chapter 8: Gendering the Text: Feminist Criticism, Postfeminism, and Queer Theory How to Do Feminist Criticism, Postfeminism, and Queer Theory Mary Astell, from A Serious Proposal The Writing Process: A Sample Essay Samuel Johnson, “To Miss ______ On Her Playing Upon the Harpsichord. . . " Preparing to Respond Shaping Drafting Revision: Gay and Lesbian Criticism Practicing Feminist, Postfeminist, and Queer Theory Criticism William Shakespeare, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?" Emily Dickinson, “My Life had stood–a Loaded Gun" Tobias Wolff, “Say Yes" Gender in the Movies Useful Terms for Political Criticism Checklist for Political Criticism Works Cited Recommended Further Reading Appendix 1 John Donne, “The Canonization" Appendix 2 A Note on How Theories Relate Text Credits Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z