A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory

A very clear, sustained, impartial guide.

~Choice

A good starting point for students who want to have a readable overview of critical theories.

~English Literature in Transition

Distinguished chiefly by its clarity and impartiality, this is a useful guide to the main schools of contemporary critical thought.

~Journal of Modern Literature

An extremely helpful volume.

~South Atlantic Review

The ideal crash course. Remarkable for its clarity.

~Times Literary Supplement