Critical Practice

What is poststructuralist theory and what difference does it make to literarycriticism? Where do we find the meaning of the text in the authors head? inthe read... » 

What is poststructuralist theory and what difference does it make to literarycriticism? Where do we find the meaning of the text in the authors head? inthe readers? Catherine Belsey considers these and other questions concerningthe relations between human beings and language readers and texts writing andcultural politics. Critical Practice guides the reader confidently through themaze of contemporary theory lucidly explaining the views of thinkers such asAlthusser Barthes Lacan and Derrida. With a new chapter updated guidance onfurther reading and revisions throughout this second edition of CriticalPractice remains the ideal guide to the present and future of literary studies. «