Books by Richard Harland

This is an account of all the major movements in literary theory up to the late 1960s, with an international focus and particular emphasis on European thinkers. The principles of each theoretical position are explained in relation to preceding and succeeding positions.

Challenges the foundation of recent literary and language-based theory, offering instead a syntagmatic approach to language. The coverage is broad, taking in post-Chomsky linguistics, deconstruction, analytic and speech-act theory.