Falling into Theory: Conflicting Views on Reading Literature

by David H. Richter

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Falling into Theory is a brief and inexpensive collection of essays that asks literature students to think about the fundamental questions of literary studies today.

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Genres: Literature Studies and Criticism, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 801.95 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Philosophy and theory Nature and character Literary theory and criticism
LCC: PN81 .F26 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Criticism
BISAC: LIT LITERARY CRITICISM General

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