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.