Edited By Anjana Neira Dev
 
This book is a commentary and an intervention in the ongoing debates about the nature of literary theory. The comprehensive treatment of the subject, that is, selected essays from four major schools of thought under literary theory: Marxism, Feminism, Poststructuralism and Postcolonialism, aims to reintroduce these ideas to the readers from a contemporary perspective. By way of investigations, expositions and detailed commentaries, the book retraces the intellectual strands which emerge from the works of eminent literary and cultural theorists such as Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser, Elaine Showalter, Luce Irigaray, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Mahatma Gandhi, Edward Said, and Aijaz Ahmad. The underlying idea of the book is to focus on the theoretical arguments and also foreground a political philosophy of activism in everyday life through the means of a toolkit created for each essay. The appendices on a timeline of literary theory and additional readings provide a valuable complement to the field and give readers a context and a map to negotiate this area of study. This critical reader will provide a comprehensible representation of literary theory to readers coming from diverse backgrounds such as Literature, Sociology, Political Science and Gender Studies.
 
Isbn: 9789383848225  Rs 595/-