<EM>Critical Teory and Practice</EM> answers lots of questions, but also stimulates new ones. Its tailor-made combination of survey, reader and workbook is ideal for the beginning - perhaps even bewildered - student of literary theory.<BR> The work is divided into seven chapters, each of which contains guiding commentary, examples from literary and critical works, and a variety of exercises to provoke and engage you. Each chapter includes a glossary and annotated selection of suggested further reading. There is also a full bibliography.<BR> The authors cover the key issues and debates of literary theory, including:<BR> * Language, Linguistics and Literature<BR> * Structures of Literature<BR> * Literature and History<BR> * Subjectivity, Psychoanalysis and Criticism<BR> * Reading, Writing and Reception<BR> * Women, Literature and Criticism<BR> * Literature, Criticism and Cultural Identity<BR><EM>Critical Theory and Practice</EM> is an refreshingly clear, up-to-date and eminently readable