J onathan Kramnick’s book Criticism and Truth is more modest than its title suggests. Essentially an apologia for the nuts-and-bolts work of literary studies, it is best described not as “ambitious” — ...

A s a precocious child in the early 1940s, the American philosopher Richard Rorty became a connoisseur of exotic flowers. His passion sent him hunting for wild orchids in the mountains of northwestern ...

Provided an accessible entry point into complex literary criticism concepts Reframed student engagement with literary works in the context of current debates Influenced course design and teaching in ...

'Theory into Practice: An Introduction to Literary Criticism' was translated by Dr. Majdi Kebbah Abu Dhabi: Kalima, the translation initiative of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, has ...

An anthology of 17 essays acquaints the reader with new perspectives on Indian literary criticism and interrogates the critical trajectories employed in a range of Indian languages including Hindi, ...

John Guillory’s “Cultural Capital,” published amid the 1990s canon wars, became a classic. In a follow-up, “Professing Criticism,” he takes on his field’s deep funk. By Jennifer Schuessler Thirty ...