Series: Anthem symploke Studies in Theory

The Critical Situation: Vexed Perspectives in Postmodern Literary Studies comprises a diverse selection of essays that register the situatedness of critical theory and practice amid various intellectual, institutional, and cultural contexts. In recent polemics, postmortems, or even celebrations, a number of prominent critics have suggested that 'theory' is dead, that the heyday of literary or critical theory is past and...