Publisher's Synopsis
This collection of essays aims to provide a balanced conspectus on the field of literary theory by applying nine theories to the analysis of three texts: Jospeh Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", Henry James' "In the Cage" and D.H.Lawrence's "St Mawr".;This structure enables an interchange to take place between approaches drawn from all the main areas of recent critical theory: structuralism, post-structuralism, marxism, feminism and psychoanalysis.;The book is addressed to all teachers and students who are interested in modern critical theory but want also to see how it can engage with a literary text. It is intended to bridge the gap which seems to have opened up between theory and practice, by explaining each theory and then showing its operation in a detailed reading of a text.;The contributors are all members of the Critical Theory Group at the University of Nottingham.
