Question

What are the meanings of the following literary terms:
1. Biological Criticism
2. Historical Criticism
3. Reader-Response Criticism
4. Formal Criticism
5. Gender Criticism
6. Marxist/Marxian Criticism
7. Psychological Criticism

Answer 1

You'll also find some good explanations if you go to Google's advanced search page -- http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=%22biological+criticism%22&hl=en&lr= -- and enter each term in the <b>2nd box</b> ("this exact wording or phrase"). For example, this is what I got when I entered BIOLOGICAL CRITICISM:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=biological+criticism&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=10&lr=&as_filetype=&ft=i&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=all&as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images

Try it with all the terms you've been given.