The Theory of Criticism / Raman Selden.

PART I: REPRESENTATION-
CHAPTER 1- Imaginative representation;
CHAPTER 2- Mimesis and realism;
CHAPTER 3- Nature and truth;
CHAPTER 4- Language and representation;
PART II: SUBJECTIVITY-
CHAPTER 1- Wit, judgement, fancy and imagination;
CHAPTER 2- Genius: nature vs art;
CHAPTER 3- Emotive theories;
CHAPTER 4- Subjective criticism and the reader's response;
CHAPTER 5- Unconscious processes;
PART III: FORM, SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE-
CHAPTER 1- The aesthetic dimension;
CHAPTER 2- Unity and Literarines;
CHAPTER 3- Ambiguity and polysem;
CHAPTER 4- Impersonality and the death of the author;
CHAPTER 5- Rhetoric: style and point of view;
CHAPTER 6- Structure and system;
CHAPTER 7- Structure and indeterminancy;
PART IV: HISTORY AND SOCIETY-
CHAPTER 1- Tradition and intertextuality;
CHAPTER 2- History;
CHAPTER 3- Society;
CHAPTER 4- Ideology;
PART V: MORALITY, CLASS AND GENDER-
CHAPTER 1- Moralism;
CHAPTER 2- Literature and life;
CHAPTER 3- Class and gender;
Index