Preface to the fourth edition
Introduction
1 Theory before 'theory'
2 Structuralism
3 Post-structuralism and deconstruction
4 Postmodernism
5 Psychoanalytic criticism
6 Feminist criticism
7 Queer theory
8 Marxist criticism
9 New historicism and cultural materialism
10 Postcolonial criticism
11 Stylistics
12 Narratology
13 Ecocriticism
14 Literary theory – a history in ten events
15 Theory after 'Theory'
Appendices
Where do we go from here? Further reading
Index