Myth, Truth and Literature

Hailed as a book that alters the way we think about literary theory, this now comes in a second edition.

Since its publication in 1989 Colin Falck's book has had a widespread influence, altering the way we think about literary theory and its institutionalisation in America and Britain. This second paperback edition is now supplemented with an appendix and other new material.Colin Falck's book has had a widespread influence since it first appeared in 1989. Hailed as a work that alters the way we think about literary theory and its institutionalisation in America and Britain, it is a philosophically informed account of the 'paradigm-shift' required to replaced structuralism and post-structuralism as modes of perceiving literature and related culture. Falck now supplements this second paperback edition with an appendix and other new material.