Thomas Hardy's The return of the native
edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
A collection of eight critical essays on Hardy's novel "The Return of the Native" arranged in chronological order of publication.
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Key concepts in literary theory
by Julian Wolfreys, Ruth Robbins, and Kenneth Womack (2001)
About this book
"Key Concepts in Literary Theory presents the student of literary and critical studies with a broad range of accessible, precise and authoritative definitions of the most significant terms and concepts currently used in psychoanalytic, poststructuralist, Marxist, feminist and postcolonial literary studies." "The volume also provides clear and useful definitions of the main areas of literary, critical and cultural theory, supported by bibliographies and an expanded chronology of major thinkers. Accompanying the chronology are short biographies of major works by each critic or theorist."--Jacket.
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