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The gold standard anthology for anyone who wants to understand the development and current state of literary theory. Offering 191 pieces by 157 authors, The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism, Third Edition, is more comprehensive and more varied in its selection than any... Read Full Overview

Edited by scholars and teachers whose interests range from the history of poetics to postmodernism, from classical rhetoric to ?riture f?minine, and from the social construction of gender to the machinery of academic superstardom, The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism... Read Full Overview

The most comprehensive anthology of theory and criticism, now up-to-date and global. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism is the gold standard for anyone who wishes to understand the development and current state of literary theory. Offering 185 pieces (31 of them new)... Read Full Overview