Preface 1. An Introduction, Theoretically Textual Tours Checking Some Baggage Anything to Declare Recommended Further Reading 2. Critical Worlds: A Selective Tour New Criticism Brendan Gill, from Here at "The New Yorker" Reader-Response Criticism Structuralist and Deconstructive Criticism Historical, Postcolonial, and Cultural Studies Psychological Criticism Political Criticism Other Approaches Works Cited Recommended Further Reading 3. Unifying the Work: New Criticism The Purpose of New Criticism Basic Principles Reflected Archibald MacLeish, Ars Poetica Radicals in Tweed Jackets How to Do New Criticism Film and Other Genres The Writing Process: A Sample Essay Gwendolyn Brooks, The Mother Preparing to Write Shaping Drafting Practicing New Criticism Lucille Clifton, forgiving my father Questions Stephen Shu-ning Liu, My Father''s Martial Art Questions Ben Jonson, On My First Son Questions Works Cited Recommended Further Reading 4. Creating the Text: Reader-Response Criticism The Purpose of Reader-Response Criticism New Criticism as the Old Criticism The Reader Emerges Hypertextual Readers How to Do Reader-Response Criticism Preparing to Respond Sandra Cisneros, Love Poem #1 Making Sense Subjective Response Receptive Response The Writing Process: A Sample Essay Preparing to Respond Ernest Hemingway, A Very Short Story Preparing to Write Shaping Drafting Practicing Reader-Response Criticism Michael Drayton, Since There''s No Help Questions Judith Minty, Killing the Bear Questions Caroline Fraser, All Bears Questions Works Cited Recommended Further Reading 5. Opening up Text: Structuralism and Deconstruction The Purposes of Structuralism and Deconstruction Structuralism and Semiotics Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction How To Do Structuralism and Deconstruction William Butler Yeats, Sailing to Byzantium The Writing Process: A Sample Essay Amy Clampitt, Discovery Preparing to Write Shaping Drafting Practicing Structuralist and Deconstructive Criticism USC Continuing Education, Cut Through the Anxiety Questions William Blake, London Questions Linda Pastan, Ethics Questions Useful Terms for Deconstruction Works Cited Recommended Further Reading 6. Connecting the Text: Historical, Postcolonial, and Cultural Studies The Purposes of Historical, Postcolonial, and Cultural Studies Biographical and Historical Criticism John Milton, When I Consider How My Light Is Spent Cultural Studies New Historicism History as Text Marxist Criticism Postcolonial Studies How To Do Historical, Postcolonial, and Cultural Studies The Writing Process: Sample Essays John Cheever, Reunion A Biographical Essay Preparing to Write Shaping Drafting A New Historical Essay Preparing to Write Shaping Drafting Practicing Historical, Postcolonial, and Cultural Studies Useful Terms for Historical, Cultural, and Postcolonial Criticism Works Cited Recommended Further Reading 7. Minding the Work Psychological Criticism The Purpose of Psychological Criticism How to Do Psychological Criticism William Wordsworth , A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal The Writing Process: A Sample Essay William Shakespeare, from Hamlet Preparing to Write Shaping Drafting Practicing Psychological Criticism Emily Dickinson, A Narrow Fellow in the Grass Questions Marianne Moore, O to Be a Dragon Questions Matthew Arnold, Dover Beach Questions Useful Terms for Psychological Criticism Works Cited Recommended Further Reading 8.

Feminist Criticism, Post-Feminism, and Queer Theory How to Do Feminist Criticism, Post-Feminism, and Queer Theory Mary Astell, from A Serious Proposal The Writing Process: A Sample Essay Samuel Johnson, To Miss ______ On Her Playing upon the Harpsichord. Preparing to Respond Shaping Drafting Revision: Gay and Lesbian Criticism Practicing Feminist, Post-Feminist, and Queer Theory Criticism William Shakespeare, Shall I Compare Thee. Questions Emily Dickinson, My Life Had Stood. Questions Tobias Wolff, Say Yes Questions Useful Terms for Political Criticism Works Cited Recommended Further Reading 9. Investigating the Work: Research and Documentation The Purpose of Research How to Do Research The Topic and the Task Finding and Using Resources The Writing Process: A Sample Research Paper Getting Ideas Organizing Drafting Works Cited Recommended Further Reading Appendix: John Donne, The Canonization Credits Index.