Since 1997 Representation has been the go-to textbook for students learning the tools to question and critically analyze institutional and media texts and images. This long-awaited second edition:* updates and refreshes the approaches to representation, signalling key developments in the field* addresses the emergence of new technologies, media formats, politics and theories* includes an entirely new chapter on celebrity culture and reality TV* offers new exercises, readings, images and examp...

This third edition of Hans Bertens bestselling book is an essential guide to the often confusing and complicated world of literary theory. Exploring a broad range of topics from Marxist and feminist criticism to postmodernism and new historicism Literary Theory: The Basics covers contemporary topics including:reception theory and reader response theorythe new criticism of postmodernismthe after theory debatepost-humanism, biopolitics and animal studiesaestheticsLiterary Theory: The Basics hel...