Description
Book SynopsisVincent Leitch is George Lynn Cross Research Professor and Paul and Carol Daube Sutton Chair in English at the University of Oklahoma, USA. He is the author of
American Literary Criticism Since the 1930s (2nd edition, 2010) and co-editor of
The Norton Anthology of Literary Criticism and Theory (2nd edition, 2010).
Trade ReviewLiterary Criticism in the 21st Century is a valuable and rewarding book. One of its many virtues is its style, pellucid and often autobiographical. Leitch both describes and wonderfully practices what he calls ‘intimate critique,’ the blending of personal experiences and affects into the analysis of larger structures and trends. -- Joseph Albernaz, University of California—Berkeley, USA * symploke *
Lucid and wide-ranging,
Literary Criticism in the 21st Century: Theory Renaissance celebrates the ubiquity of theory and its continuing importance for the 21st century, while highlighting the author's distinctive personal, political, and institutional engagement. * Jonathan Culler, Professor of English, Cornell University, USA. *
Leitch's book provides a brilliantly lucid account of theory for the twenty-first century. Providing a wonderful antidote to all the declarations of theory's end, this book not only describes but also contributes to theory's renaissance. * Claire Colebrook, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English, Penn State, USA. *
Table of ContentsPreface 1 What I believe and why 2 Antitheory 3 The tasks of critical reading 4 Theory today and tomorrow 5 Theory crossroads 6 French theory’s second life 7 Second lives of Jacques Derrida 8 Postmodernism revisited 9 Twenty-first-century theory favorites 10 Theory futures Bibliography Index
