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This anthology of classic and cutting-edge statements in literary theory has now been updated to include recent influential texts in the areas of Ethnic Studies, Postcolonialism and International Studies. A definitive collection of classic statements in criticism and new theoretical work... read more

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It has become a commonplace of literary study that to study literature is to study language, yet prior to the formalist movements of the early twentieth century - Russian Formalism and American New Criticism - the study of literature was concerned with everything about literature except language, from the historical context of a literary work to the biography of its author.

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