Intertextuality
3rd Edition
Published on 14. October 2021
270 pages
978-1-000-46949-3 (ISBN)
Description
This successful introduction to intertextuality deftly introduces this crucial area and relates its significance to key theories and movements in the study of literature. The third edition is updated to include a brand new chapter, looking at intermediality, and how the study of intertextuality has changed over the last ten years.
Offering a clear guide to this crucial area, Graham Allen:
outlines the history and contemporary use of the term
incorporates a wealth of illuminating examples from literature and culture
examines the politics and aesthetics of the term
relates intertextuality to global cultures and new media
Looking at intertextuality in relation to literary and critical theory as well as contemporary culture and media, this book offers a fascinating and useful approach to all aspects of literary studies, especially those dealing with adaptation, media, or comparative studies.
Offering a clear guide to this crucial area, Graham Allen:
outlines the history and contemporary use of the term
incorporates a wealth of illuminating examples from literature and culture
examines the politics and aesthetics of the term
relates intertextuality to global cultures and new media
Looking at intertextuality in relation to literary and critical theory as well as contemporary culture and media, this book offers a fascinating and useful approach to all aspects of literary studies, especially those dealing with adaptation, media, or comparative studies.
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Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-000-46949-3 (9781000469493)
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Person
Graham Allen is Professor of English at University College, Cork, Ireland. He is author of Harold Bloom: A Poetics of Conflict, Roland Barthes (Routledge Critical Thinkers), Mary Shelley, The Reader's Guide to 'Frankenstein', and editor of The Salt Companion to Harold Bloom (with Roy Sellers) and Reading on Audience and Textual Materiality (with Carrie Griffin and Mary O'Connell).
Content
Introduction 1. Origins: Saussure, Bakhtin, Kristeva 2. The Text Unbound: Barthes 3. Structuralist Approaches: Genette and Riffaterre 4. Situated Readers: Bloom, Feminism, Postcolonialism 5. Postmodern Conclusions 6. Intertextuality Today 7. 20 Years On
