How to Do Theory Paperback - 2005 - 1st Edition
by Iser, Wolfgang
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- Title How to Do Theory
- Author Iser, Wolfgang
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used:Good
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Interscience, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-08-26
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # DADAX1405115807
- ISBN 9781405115803 / 1405115807
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.06 x 0.49 in (23.11 x 15.39 x 1.24 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Literature - Philosophy, Criticism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005004140
- Dewey Decimal Code 801.95
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From the rear cover
In this succinct introduction, Wolfgang Iser, himself a renowned theorist:
- explains what "theory" is and why it is that there are so many different theories
- deals in turn with those theories that have made the greatest impact in recent times, among them phenomenological theory, reception theory, semiotic theory, psychoanalytical theory, Marxist theory, deconstruction, art as experience, and feminist theory
- outlines the main components of each approach and explains how it is constructed.
Using classic literary texts, including Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn, Spenser's The Shepheardes Calender, and T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Iser shows what a work of art looks like if viewed in terms of each of the theories concerned. He presents the different theories objectively, leaving it up to readers to decide which, if any, they subscribe to. In this way, he defuses students' fear of theory and demonstrates the potential of different theories for interpreting texts.