The Institution of Theory

by Murray Krieger

Originally published in 1994. In The Institution of Theory, Murray Krieger examines, at once sympathetically and critically, the process by which theory has become institutionalized in the American academy and the consequences of theory as an academic institution. He traces the transformation of literary theory into critical theory and relates it to changes in the place of literature within questions about discourse at large. And he faces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142143122X
• ISBN13: 9781421431222
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"