Jennifer Rich

This book surveys key theorists in twentieth-century literary, cultural and historical theory. Each chapter considers different theoretical movements within the corpus of Critical Theory, with detailed explications of key texts in each area: Russian Formalism, Structuralism, Semiotics, Post-structuralism and Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis, Cultural Studies and Postcolonial Theory. Each chapter provides an overview of a critical movement and contextualizes its practitioners within a particular historical and social context. The author is Jennifer A. Rich is an Assistant Professor of English at Hofstra University.