In this new book on what theory means today the general editor of the NortonAnthology of Criticism and Theory explores how theory has altered the way thehumanit... » 

In this new book on what theory means today the general editor of the NortonAnthology of Criticism and Theory explores how theory has altered the way thehumanities do business. Theory got personal went global became popular andin the process has changed everything we thought we knew about intellectuallife. One of the most adroit and perceptive observers of the critical sceneVincent Leitch offers these engaging snapshots to show how theory is at work.This is an utterly readable little book by one of our best historians on thetheoretical turn that over the past thirty years has so powerfully changed theacademy. «