General Editor's Preface

Introduction.

PART 1 EARLY MODERN VIEWPOINTS: CRITICAL BACKGROUND TO CONTEMPORARY DEBATES

PART 2 THE MAJOR ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY DEBATES

Is Theory Necessary ? (Empiricism vs Theoreticism)

What Does the Literary Work Represent

Is Literature Language? (The Claims of Stylistics)

What is Deconstruction

What is the Reader's Place

PART 3 THE NEW THEORIES IN PRACTICE

Fiction Poetry Drama.

Select Bibliography.

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgements.

Index.