Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Feminist critical theory. 3. French feminism in the nineteenth century. 4. New historicism. 5. Deconstruction. 6. Postmodernism. 7. Reader-response criticism. 8. Cultural materialism. 9. Freudian literary criticism. Bibliography. Index.

"Literary criticism: Theory and Practice, give a vivid account of literary criticism, its types, main ideas and concepts. Substantially derived from various authoritative sources." (jacket)