Theory
Theory Links
- Poetry Criticism A large index of poetry criticism in both prose and verse. Has annotated e-texts of many classics. Part of the University of Toronto's English Library.
- Terms and Definitions Definitions of some basic terms used in the discussion of literary theory.
- Formalist Tools How to use this method to analyze literature.
- New Criticism University project on this school of literary theory.
- Leavisism and Literary Theory. An essay on the meeting of English literature and cultural/social criticism.
- CogWeb: Cognitive Cultural Studies A site exploring the relevance of the study of human cognition to literary and cultural studies.
- The Six Enneads by Plotinus Translation of the major work that inspired the Neoplatonists.
- Literature and Ideology An essay on the influence of Raymond Williams, Etienne Balibar and Pierre Macherey, and Terry Eagleton on postmodern critical theory.
- Feminist Literary Theory and Fairy Tales A feminist reading of the Little Red Riding Hood story.
- Sacred Ambivalence Mimetology in Aristotle, Horace, and Longinus.
- Elocution and the Speech Arts Discusses the relationship between speech and literature in critical theory.
- Literary Criticism Resource page hosted by the University of Toronto. Has an essay on the Postmodern by Linda Hutcheon, a glossary of literary theory, Hazlitt's essays on the characters of Shakespeare's plays, and Leslie Stephen on George Eliot.
- The Works of Aristotle Includes the "Poetics," "Rhetoric," and "On Interpretation."
- Existentialism: An Introduction A resource page containing materials relating to existentialist philosophy. Discussions of de Beauvoir, Camus, Hegel, Doestoevsky, Heidegger, and many others.
- Online Essays Essays on hypertext and other subjects by David Miall.
- Text Magazine - Literary Theory, Criticism, Philosophy Text Magazine - Literary Theory, Philosophy, Writing, Derrida, Kafka, Blanchot, Foucault, Baudrillard, Rorty, White, Bloom, Geertz, Freud, Magritte, Dali.
- New Criticism Explained! Brief overview of New Criticism and the major writers connected with it.
- Virtual Reality, Hypertext and Feminist Criticism Essay on the subject: "Gesturing Toward the Visual" by Carolyn Guertin.
- Feminist Readings Overview of the woman's movement and feminist criticism, with bibliography.
- Jacques Derrida Links Probably the largest annotated Derridean link list in cyberspace
- Susan Sontag Offers a short biography, a list of selected works, and suggestions for further reading about this atypical critic.
- Contemporary Literary Theory Brief review of some of the premises shared by a collection of theoretical approaches.
- Literary Language and Complex Literature Essays by James Luberda on literary theory, composition, medieval studies, and the philosophy of mind.
- Glossary of Terms Definitions of key words in the discussion of literary theory.
- Post-Modern Critical Theory Overviews of New Criticism/Formalism, Traditional Historicism, New Historicism, Reader-Response Criticism, Psychoanalytical Criticism, Feminist Literary Criticism, Structuralist Criticism, and Marxist Literary Criticism
- Introduction to Modern Literary/Cultural Theory An index with brief explanations and bibliographies.
- Postmodernism An introduction, approaching the subject through a discussion of Modernism.
- Timeline of Critical Paradigms Traces Formalism, Deep Structuralism, and Post-Structuralism. Briefly looks at a few other schools as well.
- Glossary of Literary Theory An index of brief explanations of critical terms. Hosted by the University of Toronto.
- Charles S. Peirce Studies Web site devoted to the life and works of Charles S. Peirce, American philosopher and pioneer of semiotics.
- Marxist Criticism Course materials covering Marxist critics such as George Lukacs, Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser.
- Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren Excerpts from Understanding Poetry: An Anthology
- Sha Clack Clack: Revolutionary Temporality in the work of Saul Stacey Williams Essay on Walter Benjamin's "Thesis on the Philosophy of History".
- Literature, Cognition, and the Brain Research at the intersection of literary studies, cognitive theory, and neuroscience
- Literary Theory A study guide on Literary Theory provided by The Objectivist Center. Covers Aristotelian Theory, Post-Aristotelian Theory, and Chicago School of Criticism.
- Richard McKeon Bibliography and excerpts from this Chicago School of Criticism critic.
- What is Culture? by Matthew Arnold Excerpts from Arnold's Culture and Anarchy.
- Matthew Arnold (1882)- Culture and Anarchy Electronic text of the work.
- Plotinus Biography and brief outline of the theory of this disciple of Plato who was a major influence on the Neoplatonists in English Literature.
- Joyce and Feminist Criticism Bibliography related to the subject.
- An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope Electronic text of the poem.
- Semiotics A collection of links related to this approach.
- Roland Barthes: Mythologies Set of lectures, by Tony McNeill, on Barthes' view of postmodern literature, art, mythology, and semiology.
- Wayne C. Booth's The Company We Keep: An Ethics of Fiction A summary and review.
- Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory Information on feminist literary criticism and theory.
- Confessions of an Aging, Hypocritical Ex-Missionary by Wayne C. Booth Important for the section discussing "Rhetorology" - later the basis for his "Rhetoric of Fiction."
- Black Feminist Criticism Discussion of Barbara McDowell's essay "New Directions for Black Feminist Criticism."
- Romance as a Genre: Some Notes. Discussion of Romance and the Romantic novel and traditions in English Literature.
- Modern Time, Modern Places by Peter Conrad A review by the Marxist critic Terry Eagleton.
- Reader-response research A site presenting empirical research on literary reading.
- Confessions of an Aging, Hypocritical Ex-Missionary by Wayne C. Booth Important for the section discussing "Rhetorology" - later the basis for his "Rhetoric of Fiction."
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