Table of Contents

Preface Part One: Critical Theories 1 The Diminution of Language: Saussure to Derrida 2 Creator and Interpreters Part Two: Critical Practices 3 Deconstruction: Undergoing, Overreaching 4 New Historicism: Disaffected Subjects 5 Psychocriticism: Finding the Fault 6 Feminist Stereotypes: Misogyny, Patriachy, Bombast 7 Christians and Marxists: Allegory, Ideology Epilogue: Masters and Demons.

About the Author

Brian Vickers is professor of English literature and director of the Centre for Renaissance Studies at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology).