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1. Using Critical Theory

   How to Read and Write About Literature, 2nd Edition

   By Lois Tyson

   Explaining both why theory is important and how to use it, Lois Tyson introduces beginning students of literature to this often daunting area in a friendly and approachable style. The new edition of this textbook is clearly structured with chapters based on major theories that students are expected...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
2. Critical Theory Today

   A User-Friendly Guide, 2nd Edition

   By Lois Tyson

   This new edition of the classic guide offers a thorough and accessible introduction to contemporary critical theory. It provides in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today: feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, reader-response theory, new criticism, structuralism and...

   Published August 13th 2006 by Routledge
3. Learning for a Diverse World

   Using Critical Theory to Read and Write About Literature

   By Lois Tyson

   Lois Tyson explains the basic concepts of six critical theories in popular academic use today-psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, gay/lesbian, African-American, and post-colonial-and shows how they can be employed to interpret five short literary works in the book....

   Published August 23rd 2001 by Routledge