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preface to the revised edition
preface to the first edition
part one  the value of literature
part two  the nature of literature
chapter 1  the phenomenon of literature as a social
phenomenon of human beings
chapter 2  the phenomenon of literature as a historical
phenomenon
chapter 3  literature as the creation of the masses and that of
individual writers
chapter 4  the phenomenon of literature as a phenomenon
associated with the mind
chapter 5  literature as a reflection of life
part three  types of literary theories
chapter 1  the mimetic theories
chapter 2  the pragmatic theories
chapter 3  the expressive theories
chapter 4  the objective theories
part four  marxist literary theory
part five  literary critical approaches and their
applications
chapter 1  the psychological (psychoanalytical) approach
chapter 2  the sociological approach
chapter 3  the philosophical approach
chapter 4 the formalistic approach
chapter 5  the historical approach
chapter 6  the mythological and archetypal approaches
chapter 7  the feminist approach
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