Re-Thinking Theory : A Critique of Contemporary Literary Theory and an Alternative Account (Paperback)

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Literary theory in the eighties: Catherine Belsey's Critical Practice; 2. Two paradigms of literary theory; 3. Literary theory and the problems of ethics; 4. Althusserian Marxism: text production theory; 5. Derridean poststructuralism: post-Saussurean constructivism; 6. Foucaultian poststructuralism: discourse power theory; 7. The powers and limits of literary theory; Notes; Bibliography.