Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory Summary
Peter Barry

Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory Summary

Peter Barry's 290 page "Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory" is first published in 1995 with a Second Edition in 2002. This non-fiction and quasi-historical text provides an introduction to more than a dozen literary and cultural theories from liberal humanism to twentieth century ecocriticism. The author is an English Professor at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK where he teaches several theory courses. Barry becomes aware as an...

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