Download or read book Modern Criticism and Theory written by David Lodge and published by London ; New York : Longman. This book was released on 1988 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A Reader' aims to provide, within the covers of a single book, a selection of important and representative work from all the major theoretical schools or tendencies in contemporary criticism, and to place them before the reader in two alternative orders: one historical, the other thematic.