Peter Barry Bücher

Hardcover - 1986 - First Edition. Crescent Books, New York, 1986 Collectible - Like New in Very Good wrapper (slight edge wear on top). . Unpaginated, no date shown. 11 1/2" x 9¾" Includes original dust jacket.

The third edition provides an accessible introduction to literary and cultural theory, helping students navigate various approaches and terminologies. Peter Barry emphasizes reader engagement by allowing individuals to form their own interpretations after understanding foundational concepts. This updated version features two new chapters that explore the history of theory and recent developments since 2002. It covers a wide range of critical perspectives, including liberal humanism, feminist criticism, postcolonial criticism, and more, making it a comprehensive resource for learners.

"Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade now."--Back cover

Though poets have always written about cities, the commonest critical categories (pastoral poetry, nature poetry, Romantic poetry, Georgian poetry, etc.) have usually stressed the rural, so that poetry can seem irrelevant to a predominantly urban populati. Explores a range of contemporary poets who visit the 'mean streets' of the contemporary urban scene, seeking the often cacophonous music of what happens here. Poets discussed include: Ken Smith, Iain Sinclair, Roy Fisher, Edwin Morgan, Sean O'Brien, Ciaran Carson, Peter Reading, Matt Simpson, Douglas Houston, Deryn Rees-Jones, Denise Riley, Ken Edwards, Levi Tafari, Aidan Hun, and Robert Hampson. Approaches contemporary poetry within a broad spectrum of personal, social, literary, and cultural concerns. Includes 'loco-specific' chapters, on cities including Hull, Liverpool, London, and Birmingham, with an additional chapter on 'post-industrial' cities such as Belfast, Glasgow and Dundee.