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How to Do Theory
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How to Do Theory Hardback - 2006

by Wolfgang Iser

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This succinct introduction to modern theories of literature and the arts demonstrates how each theory is built and what it can accomplish.
  • Represents a wide variety of theories, including phenomenological theory, hermeneutical theory, gestalt theory, reception theory, semiotic theory, Marxist theory, deconstruction, anthropological theory, and feminist theory.
  • Uses classic literary texts, such as Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn, Spenser's The Shephearde's Calender and T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land to illustrate his explanations.
  • Includes key statements by the major proponents of each theory.
  • Presents the different theories objectively, allowing students to decide which if any, they subscribe to.
  • Gives students a sense of the potential of theory.
  • Includes a glossary of technical terms.

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  • Title How to Do Theory
  • Author Wolfgang Iser
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First edition
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA
  • Publication date 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781405115797 / 1405115793
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 6.14 x 0.66 in (23.57 x 15.60 x 1.68 cm)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005004140
  • Dewey Decimal Code 801.95

About the author

Wolfgang Iser is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Irvine. He is recognized as the founding theorist behind reception theory. His publications include the classic theoretical texts, The Implied Reader: Patterns of Communication from Bunyan to Beckett (1978) and The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response (1979).

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