Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism has become the indispensable resource for scholars and students of literary theory and discourse. The long-awaited second edition includes 48 new entries and subentries and has been revised throughout, taking account of ten years of rapidly changing scholarship.
While concentrating on the explosion of contemporary critical and theoretical works, the Guide presents a comprehensive historical survey of ideas and individuals ranging from Plato and Aristotle to twentieth-century scholars. It includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. It also examines developments in other disciplines which have shaped literary theory and criticism. An international, encyclopedic guide to the field's most important figures, schools, and movements, the new edition reflects the state of literary theory and criticism.
Michael Groden is a professor of English at the University of Western Ontario. Martin Kreiswirth is dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, professor of English, and founding director of the Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism at the University of Western Ontario. Imre Szeman is an associate professor of English at McMaster University.
Table of Contents
ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsThe Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and CriticismList of EntriesList of Contributors Index of NamesIndex of Topics
What People are Saying About This
Murray Krieger
In the maze of writers and positions, past and present, that surround us in the field that we refer to as 'theory' nowadays, this volume should indeed be an invaluable guide.
— Murray Krieger, University of California, Irvine
From the Publisher
The new Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism is very exciting. I especially like the match up of authors with subjects. The coverage is ample and the array of topics superb. This new Guide will add to the Press's lustre as a publisher of reference books. Beyond that, it promises to be an invaluable source of new ideas as well as information—which any reference work worth its salt should be.—Hayden White, University of California, Santa Cruz
In the maze of writers and positions, past and present, that surround us in the field that we refer to as 'theory' nowadays, this volume should indeed be an invaluable guide.—Murray Krieger, University of California, Irvine
Hayden White
The new Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism is very exciting. I especially like the match up of authors with subjects. The coverage is ample and the array of topics superb. This new Guide will add to the Press's lustre as a publisher of reference books. Beyond that, it promises to be an invaluable source of new ideas as well as information—which any reference work worth its salt should be.
— Hayden White, University of California, Santa Cruz
