A Complete Guide to Literary Analysis and Theory offers an accessible introduction to all the current approaches to literary analysis. Ranging from Stylistics and Historicism to Post-humanism and New Materialism, it also includes chapters on Media Studies and Screen Studies.

Michael Ryan is the author of several textbooks in literary and screen studies including Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction and An Introduction to Film Analysis. He is co-editor, with Julie Rivkin, of Literary Theory: An Anthology.