The history of the most hotly debated areas of literary theory, including structuralism and deconstruction.

This comprehensive guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day provides an authoritative overview of the major movements, figur

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Critical Revolution Turns Right -- 2. The Scholarly Turn -- 3. The Historicist

The author traces the course of literary criticism from its foundations in classical and medieval precepts to the theorising of the present day. He explores the