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Best Books to Study Literary Theory and Literary Criticism – Expert List – Alok Mishra



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In this video, Alok Mishra shares his list of the best books to study literary theory and literary criticism. The list contains the books by expert and qualified authors. Peter Barry’s Beginning Theory, Raman Selden’s Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory, Jon Simmon’s Contemporary Critical Theorists, Literary Criticism: A Short History by William K. Wimsatt Jr & Cleanth Brooks and a very popular book by Chickera and Enright, English Critical Texts.
So, this video will help the English literature students at graduation and post-graduation level in choosing their best books as per their requirements and syllabus. The syllabus of BA in English literature and MA as well often contain literary theory in the prescribed studies. Derrida, Lacan, Foucault, Edward Said, Feminist theory, Structuralism, Post Structuralism, Gay-Lesbian and Queer… so on and so forth.
You can study these books to understand contemporary as well as traditional literary theory and criticism practices by popular literary figures as Socrates, Aristotle, Wordsworth, T. S. Eliot, John Keats, Sidney and so on…

You can also read this article to find all the information shared in the video in a text format:

https://englishliterature.education/theory/best-books-to-study-literary-theory-and-criticism-list-by-alok-mishra/

Thank you!
Alok Mishra
English Literature Education

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17 thoughts on “Best Books to Study Literary Theory and Literary Criticism – Expert List – Alok Mishra
  1. Sir, any good book with lucid language for literary criticism for ma english entrance.
    And for ma coursework as well.
    And kindly suggest a good lucid book for Indian wriitng in english though i have sriniwas iyenger too but its way too subjective as per entrance purpose.
    Kidnly suggest some good books.
    Thankyou.

  2. Good afternoon sir. Thank you so much for this video.
    Could you please let me know that what are the patterns or courses offered in Ma in English . And how to prepare myself for Entrance exam!(especially for EFLU entrance exam) . Thank you.😊

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