San Antonio College Library

An anthology of exemplary readings by some of the 20th century's foremost literary critics, this volume presents a wide range of responses to the question at the heart of literary criticism: how best to read a text and understand its meaning. Contributors include Houston Baker, Roland Barthes and Kenneth Burke.

One of the leading theorists in ecocriticism offers a critical summary of the ecocritical movement, tracing origins of the movement in the 1970s & following developments through to the present time.

"Literary Feminisms provides a map for charting the difficult waters that feminist theories have created in literary studies. Ruth Robbins shows the reasons for the development of feminist literary critiques, explains the difficulties and exposes some of feminism's blindspots. A wide range of theorists is discussed from Wollstonecraft to Kristeva, showing the ways in which materialist, psychoanalytic and literary accounts of feminist thinking creatively...