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Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

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This Guide is a full-text searchable database of articles on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. It also treats related persons and fields that have been shaped by or have themselves shaped literary theory and criticism. Each entry includes a selective primary and secondary bibliography. Subjects covered include literature, humanities, literary criticism, and philosophy.

Leads to 226 alphabetically arranged entries. Each entry includes an essay and a selective primary and secondary bibliography. There is extensive cross-referencing both within and at the conclusion of each entry. The indexes are designed to allow readers to locate substantive discussions of people and topics wherever they occur in the Guide.

Dates Covered

Its chronological range extends from Plato and Aristotle to the present, with wide geographical and cultural coverage.

Print Counterpart

The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism 
Lockwood Reference 
CALL NUMBER: PN81 .J64 1994

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