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.