Literary Criticism, General

Transgression

Name: Transgression
Author: Julian Wolfreys
ISBN: 9780333752760

by Julian Wolfreys

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Synopsis

Julian Wolfreys introduces students to the central concept of transgression, showing how to interpret the concept from a number of theoretical standpoints. He demonstrates how texts from different cultural and historical periods can be read to examine the workings of "transgression" and the way in which it has changed over time.

About the Author, Julian Wolfreys

JULIAN WOLFREYS is Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at Loughborough University, UK. He has written and edited numerous books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, and literary theory.