Culler, Jonathan D. <br/><br/>
Literary theory :  a very short introduction / 
Jonathan Culler. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  c2011. 
 - xiv, 165 p. :  ill. ;  18 cm. 
 - Very short introductions .
 - Very short introductions. .
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 1997. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Culler offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, looks at whether literature is a form of self-expression or a method of appeal to an audience, and outlines the ideas behind deconstruction and semiotics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199691340 (pbk.) :  £7.99 0199691347 (pbk.) :  £7.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criticism.<br/>Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.<br/>Literature.