BOOKS OF LITERARY THEORY THAT Lisa RECOMMENDs

The Madwoman in the Attic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madwoman_in_the_Attic

The Work of Henry Louis ("Skip") Gates:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-structuralism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Eagleton

http://www.amazon.com/Postmodern-Pooh-Frederick-Crews/dp/0865476268

(a very fun book that makes postmodern literary theory easy to understand (or as easy to understand as is possible.)