| Physical description |
x, 480 pages : maps ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Case studies in contemporary criticism. |
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Case studies in contemporary criticism.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Gulliver's Travels: The Complete Text. Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts. The Complete Text -- Pt. 2. Gulliver's Travels: A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism. A Critical History of Gulliver's Travels. Feminist Criticism and Gulliver's Travels. What Is Feminist Criticism? Feminist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography. A Feminist Perspective: Gulliver's Malice: Gender and the Satiric Stance / Felicity A. Nussbaum. The New Historicism and Gulliver's Travels. What Is the New Historicism? The New Historicism: A Selected Bibliography. A New Historicist Perspective: History, Narrativity, and Swift's Project to "Mend the World" / Carole Fabricant. Deconstruction and Gulliver's Travels. What Is Deconstruction? Deconstruction: A Selected Bibliography. A Deconstructionist Perspective: Why the Houyhnhnms Don't Write: Swift, Satire, and the Fear of the Text / Terry Castle. Reader-Response Criticism and Gulliver's Travels. What Is Reader-Response Criticism? |
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Reader-Response Criticism: A Selected Bibliography. A Reader-Response Perspective: Performance as Response in Swift's Gulliver's Travels / Michael J. Conlon. Psychoanalytic Criticism and Gulliver's Travels. What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism? Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Selected Bibliography. A Psychoanalytic Perspective: Violence and the Maternal: Swift, Psychoanalysis, and the 1720s / Carol Barash. |
| Summary |
Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative "Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism" series has introduced more than a quarter of a million students to literary theory and earned enthusiastic praise nationwide. Along with an authoritative text of a major literary work, each volume presents critical essays, selected or prepared especially for students, that approach the work from several contemporary critical perspectives, such as gender criticism and cultural studies. Each essay is accompanied by an introduction (with bibliography) to the history, principles, and practice of its critical perspective. Every volume also surveys the biographical, historical, and critical contexts of the literary work and concludes with a glossary of critical terms. New editions reprint cultural documents that contextualize the literary works and feature essays that show how critical perspectives can be combined. |
| Other author |
Fox, Christopher, 1948-
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| Subject |
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Gulliver's travels.
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Voyages, Imaginary -- Fiction.
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Satire, English -- History and criticism.
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Voyages, Imaginary, in literature.
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Fantasy fiction. |
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Satirical literature. |
| ISBN |
0312102844 (hardcover) |
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0333634381 (Macmillan: outside North America) |
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0312066651 (paperback) |
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