INTERTEXTUALITY
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
Published: 2021
Place of publication: [S.l.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
ISBN-13: 9781000469493; 9781003223795; 9781000469523; 9781032122564; 9781032122557
Subjects: Intertextuality; Intertextualité; LITERARY CRITICISM / General
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.
Notes: 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).