Overview

What is a literary text? What does it mean to read a text? Who are ""we"" who read? How does the meaning of a text change in relation to the context in which it is read? What authority does an author have over the reception of a text? How does our gender, class, or ethnicity shape our understanding of texts? The Oxford Encyclopedia of Literary Theory delves into these and the many other questions that arise when we read and write, exploring with an innovative approach and an unprecedented variety of perspectives what literary theory means. Led by Editor in Chief John Frow and Associate Editors Mark Byron, Pelagia Goulimari, Sean Pryor, and Julie Rak, the Encyclopedia illustrates the problems, the concepts, and the methodologies that arise when we discuss literary criticism. Around 180 full-length essays written by international experts discuss the theoretical categories and formal structures; the institutions that support the production, dissemination, interpretation, and valuation of literary texts; the identities of the real and textual persons who interact in the study of texts; and the systematic methodologies of literary interpretation and understanding. Ranging from ancient criticism--Greek and Latin, Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Biblical--to contemporary issues, including digital humanities, ecocriticism, queer studies, and Indigenous traditions, the Encyclopedia offers the most comprehensive analysis currently available of literary theory in all its many dimensions.

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Author:   John Frow (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of Sydney)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 27.20cm , Height: 18.50cm , Length: 20.10cm
Weight:   6.464kg
ISBN:  

9780190699604

ISBN 10:   0190699604
Pages:   1400
Publication Date:   10 August 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. FORMAL CONCEPTS Formal Concepts: Introduction Sean Pryor - Afterlife Alice Bennett - Aisthesis David Vichnar; Louis Armand - Allegory Jonathan Morton - Apostrophe Denis Flannery - Appropriation Julie Sanders - Beauty Jennifer McMahon - Beginnings and Endings Eyal Segal - The Chapter Nicholas Dames - Character Julian Murphet - Cliché Tom Grimwood - Comedy Yi-hsin Hsu - Creolization Ben Etherington - Deixis Mary Galbraith - Description Joanna Stalnaker - Ekphrasis Gabriele Rippl - Enchantment Michael Saler - Enunciation Russell Smith - Epic Herbert Tucker - E-text Niels Ole Finnemann - Fictionality Simona Zetterberg-Nielsen; Henrik Zetterberg-Nielsen - Form and Formalism Stephen Cohen - Free Indirect Discourse Daniel Gunn - Gloss Rachel Stenner - Grotesque Rune Graulund - Heteroglossia Ken Hirschkop - Historicities Andrew Kalaidjian - Intention Mark Vareschi - Intertextuality Graham Allen - Irony Claire Colebrook - Laughter Anca Parvulescu - Literary Translation Anthony Pym - Lyric Poetry and Poetics Daniel Tiffany - Medium David Trotter - Melodrama Monique Rooney - Narrative Time Stephanie Nelson; Barry Spence - Parody and Pastiche Leonard Diepeveen - Pastoral Katherine Little - Performativity Julie Rak - Poetic Cognition Marshall Brown - Poiesis Thomas L. Martin - Pornography April Alliston - Possible Worlds Ruth Ronen - Prose Garrett Stewart - Prosody Meredith Martin - Realisms Alison Shonkwiler - Reference Satya Mohanty - Remediation Adam Hammond - Repetition Catherine Pickstock - Rhetoric Tom Ford; Joseph Hughes - Rhizome Claire Colebrook - Rhythm Laura Marcus - Romance Cyrus Mulready - Satire Emmett Stinson - Sentiment James Chandler - Singularity Derek Attridge - Song Stephanie Burt; Jenn Lewin - Spectacle McKenzie Wark - Style Daniel Hartley - Sublime Ian Balfour - Surface Shiamin Kwa - Sympathy and Empathy Rae Greiner - Tekhne Ian James - Textuality Rossana De Angelis - Thing Woosung Kang - Tragedy Alberto Toscano - Voice David Nowell Smith - World Jen Hui Bon Hoa 2. IDENTITIES Identities: Introduction Julie Rak - Animal Christopher Peterson - Anonymity Robert Griffin - Celebrity Lorraine York - Class Benjamin Balthaser - Daemonic Angus Nicholls - Diaspora Smaro Kamboureli - Disability Studies Robert McRuer - Ethology Dominique Lestel - Genders Pelagia Goulimari - Hybridity David Huddart - Identification James Purdon - Identity Technologies Anna Poletti - Impersonation Laura Browder - Lesbian Poetics Judith Roof - Life Writing Craig Howes - Mourning and Melancholia Tanya Dalziell - Posthuman Daniele Rugo - Queer Octavio Gonzalez; Todd G. Nordgren - Race and Ethnicity Amritjit Singh; Aaron Babcock - Sexualities Stephanie Clare - Theorizing the Subject Sidonie Smith - Trans Quinn Eades - Transnational Paul Jay - Virtual Identities Zara Dinnen 3. METHODOLOGIES Methodologies: Introduction Mark Byron - Actor-Network Theory Hugh Crawford - Affect Studies Patrick Hogan - Arabic Literary Theory Lara Harb - Biblical Criticism Richard Briggs - Chinese Literary Theory Cao Shunqing - Classical Criticism Andrew Ford - Close Reading Mark Byron - Cognitive Poetics Ellen Spolsky - Deconstruction Jemma Deer - Digital Humanities Simon Burrows; Michael Falk - Digital Textuality John Lavagnino - Discourse Analysis Andrea Macrae - Ecocriticism Cheryl Lousley - Ethics of Reading Matthew Garrett - Feminist Theory Pelagia Goulimari - Futures for Literary Studies Paul Jay - Genealogy Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson; Amy Nigh - Geo-locations Peta Mitchell - Hermeneutics Georgia Warnke - Historical Poetics Sean Pryor - Hypertext Theory Astrid Ensslin - Indigenous Studies in the US and Canada Aubrey Hanson; Sam McKegney - Indigenous Studies: Aotearoa/New Zealand Tina Makereti - Indigenous Studies: Australia Peter Minter - Indigenous Studies: Brazil Tracy Devine Guzmán - Information and Meaning Wendy Wheeler - Interdisciplinarity Julie Thompson Klein - Literary Stylistics Michael Toolan - Literature and Science Michael Whitworth - Mathesis Baylee Brits - The Matter of Drafts Jani Scandura - Midrash Carol Bakhos - Modern Manuscripts Dirk van Hulle - Narrative Theory Didier Coste - Narratology Gerald Prince - Narratology of the Moment Peter Rabinowitz - New Materialisms Liedeke Plate - Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO) Graham Harman - Phenomenology Horst Ruthrof - Philology Harry Lönnroth - Poetics Jonathan Culler - The Postcolonial Mary Layoun - Postcolonial Theory Vijay Mishra - Poststructuralism and Its Discontents Paul Ardoin - Psychoanalytic Theory Marshall Alcorn - Queer Theory Lilith Acadia - Reception Theory Ika Willis - Sanskrit Literary Theory Chettiarthodi Rajendran - Semiotics Bob Hodge - Speculation Graham Harman - Speech Acts and Performative Utterances Daniel Allington - Textual Studies Mark Byron - Theory of the Novel Jesse Rosenthal - Trauma and Memory Studies Karyn Ball 4. INSTITUTIONS Institutions: Introduction Pelagia Goulimari - Anthology Benjamin Grant - Archive and Library Marlene Manoff - Authorship John Frow - Canon and Classic Trevor Ross - Censorship Nicole Moore - Codex Michelle Brown - Copyright Kim Treiger-Bar-Am - Critique Charlie Blake - Discipline Peter Hitchcock - Dispositif Ricky Crano - Everyday William Galperin - Infrastructure Russell Coldicutt - Literacy Lee Morrissey - Literary Marketplace Evan Brier - Literary Prize Culture Stevie Marsden - Love of Literature Deidre Lynch - Minor Literature Salah El Moncef - Networks Patrick Jagoda - Orality John D. Niles - Pedagogy Brenton Doecke; Philip Mead - Reading Stephen Watt - Reading in the Digital Era Lutz Koepnick - Reception in the Digital Era DeNel Rehberg Sedo - Scandal Tarek El-Ariss - Space Eric Prieto - Technology Eleonora Lima - Temporality Theodore Martin - The Institutional Turn Jeremy Rosen - Value Joshua Clover; Christopher Nealon

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John Frow is Professor of English at the University of Sydney. He was formerly Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Melbourne (2004-2012), the Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Edinburgh University (2000-2004), and Darnell Professor of English at the University of Queensland (1990-1999). He works at the boundary between literary studies and cultural studies and has published ten monographs and edited collections, including On Interpretive Conflict (2019) and Character and Person (2019). He is a member of numerous editorial boards, including New Literary History, Law, Culture and the Humanities, symploke, and Textual Practice.

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