TY - BOOK AU - Wolfreys, Julian, ed. TI - Modern North American criticism and theory: a critical guide SN - 9780748624515 U1 - 801.950974 PY - 2006/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - North America KW - Criticism KW - Literature N1 - Preface; 1. Charles Sanders Peirce and Semiotics, Kenneth Womack-- 2. The New Criticism, Charles Altieri-- 3. The Chicago School, William Baker-- 4. Northrop Frye, Imre Salusinszky-- 5. The Encounter with Structuralism and the Invention of Poststructuralism, Mark Currie-- 6. Reception Theory and Reader-Response: Norman Holland, Stanley Fish and David Bleich, Jeremy Lane-- 7. The Yale Critics? J. Hillis Miller, Geoffrey Hartman, Harold Bloom, Paul de Man, Ortwin de Graef-- 8. Deconstruction of America, William Flesch-- 9. Fredric Jameson and Marxist Literary and Cultural Criticism, Carolyn Lesjak-- 10. Edward W. Said, John Kucich-- 11. American Feminisms: Images of Women and Gynocriticism, Ruth Robbins-- 12. Feminisms in the 1980s and 1990s: The Encounter with Poststructuralism and Gender Studies, Megan Becker-Leckrone-- 13. Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism, Megan Becker-Leckrone-- 14. Feminists of Color, Anne Donadey-- 15. Stephen Greenblatt and the New Historicism, Virginia Mason Vaughan-- 16. Lesbian and Gay Studies/Queer Theory, David Van Leer-- 17. Postcolonial Studies, Malini Johar Schueller-- 18. Cultural Studies and Multiculturalism, Marcel Cornis-Pope-- 19. African-American Studies, Yun Hsing Wu-- 20. Chicano/a Literature, Amelia Maria de la Luz Montes-- 21. Film Studies, Toby Miller-- 22. Feminist Film Studies and Film Theory, Julian Wolfreys-- 23. Ethical Criticism, Kenneth Womack-- 24. Postmodernism, Marcel Cornis-Pope-- 25. The Role of Journals in Theoretical Debate, Kate Flint-- 26. Whiteness Studies, Betsy Nies-- 27. Masculinity and Cultural Studies, David Alderson-- 28. Comics Studies, Christopher Eklund-- 29. Anglophone Canadian Literary Studies, Fiona Tolan-- 30. Francophone Canadian Literature, Elodie Rousselot; Contributors-- Index ER -