Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 0415974100.

Rivkin, Julie and Michael Ryan, eds. Literary Theory: An Anthology. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 1405106964.

Lynn, Steven. Texts and Contexts: Writing about Literature with Critical Theory. 5th ed. New York: Pearson, 2008. ISBN: 032144907X.

[This is your collection of primary sources about literary theory as written by the pioneers and theorists who helped develop them. Use these as your primary sources for your papers].

Caption: Irresponsible Use of Quotation Marks

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A production of Prangstgrüp. Bravo!

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"If you look closely you'll find all my lovers inscribed on my skin." ~Jill Ciment, The Tattoo Artist: A Novel

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"...in increments both measurable and not, our childhood is stolen from us - not always in one momentous event but often in series of small robberies, which add up to the same loss" (p. 438) ~ John Irving, Until I Find You

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"...‘This is America, we can all be f*****g rude’..." ~ The character "Grace" in Sarah Hall's, The Electric Michelangelo

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"Der Herr Gott ist raffiniert aber boshaft is Er nicht [God is subtle but not malicious]"~Albert Einstein

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"I’ve never been tattooed with anybody’s name. I doubt I ever will be. It would seem like a way of tempting fate, which is most dangerous when it appears tame, though maybe what I’m really thinking of is my own character. " -From 7 Tattoos: A Memoir in the Flesh by Peter Trachtenberg (1998)

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