Author: | Mark Currie | ISBN: | 9781134596713 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | July 31, 2004 |
Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
Author: | Mark Currie |
ISBN: | 9781134596713 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Publication: | July 31, 2004 |
Imprint: | Routledge |
Language: | English |
Difference is one of the most influential critical concepts of recent decades. Mark Currie offers a comprehensive account of the history of the term and its place in some of the most influential schools of theory of the past four decades, including post-structuralism, deconstruction, new historicism, psychoanalysis, French feminism and postcolonialism. Employing literary case studies throughout, Difference provides an accessible introduction to a term at the heart of today's critical idiom.
Difference is one of the most influential critical concepts of recent decades. Mark Currie offers a comprehensive account of the history of the term and its place in some of the most influential schools of theory of the past four decades, including post-structuralism, deconstruction, new historicism, psychoanalysis, French feminism and postcolonialism. Employing literary case studies throughout, Difference provides an accessible introduction to a term at the heart of today's critical idiom.