{"product_id":"the-norton-anthology-of-theory-and-criticism-9780393602951","title":"The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism","description":"The gold standard anthology for anyone who wants to understand the development and current state of literary theory. Offering 191 pieces by 157 authors, \u003cem\u003eThe Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism\u003c\/em\u003e, Third Edition, is more comprehensive and more varied in its selection than any other anthology. Forty-eight \u003cstrong\u003eNEW\u003c\/strong\u003e selections--concentrated mostly on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries--make the book not only the best overview of the history of theory, but also a remarkably up-to-date portrait of the state of theory today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeitch, Vincent B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eVincent B. Leitch\u003c\/strong\u003e is a George Lynn Cross Research Professor at the University of Oklahoma where he holds the Paul and Carol Daube Sutton Chair in English. A foremost historian of contemporary literary criticism and theory, he is the author of the standard history, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Literary Criticism from the 1930s to the 1980s\u003c\/em\u003e as well as \u003cem\u003eDeconstructive Criticism and Cultural Criticism\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLiterary Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoststructuralism\u003c\/em\u003e (all three books published by Columbia UP), \u003cem\u003ePostmodernism: Local Effects, Global Flows\u003c\/em\u003e (SUNY Press), \u003cem\u003eTheory Matters\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge), \u003cem\u003eLiving with Theory\u003c\/em\u003e (Blackwell), and \u003cem\u003eAmerican Literary Criticism since the 1930s\u003c\/em\u003e, 2nd edition (Routledge).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCain, William E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam E. Cain\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Mary Jewett Gaiser Professor of English at Wellesley College. A scholar of American literature and American literary criticism, Professor Cain is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Crisis in Criticism: Theory, Literature, and Reform in English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (Johns Hopkins UP), \u003ci\u003eF. O. Matthiessen and the Politics of Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e (U of Wisconsin Press), and \u003ci\u003eLiterary Criticism, 1900-1950: The Cambridge History of American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (Cambridge UP) as well as the editor or co-editor of several college textbooks, including \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (Longman), \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin), \u003ci\u003eThe Little, Brown Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Longman), and \u003ci\u003eLiterature for Composition\u003c\/i\u003e (Longman).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinke, Laurie A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eLaurie A. Finke\u003c\/strong\u003e is Director of the Women's and Gender Studies program at Kenyon College. A prominent medievalist and feminist critic, Professor Finke is the author of \u003cem\u003eCinematic Illuminations: The Middle Ages on Film\u003c\/em\u003e (Johns Hopkins UP), \u003cem\u003eKing Arthur and the Myth of History\u003c\/em\u003e (University Press of Florida), \u003cem\u003eFeminist Theory, Women's Writing\u003c\/em\u003e (Cornell UP) and \u003cem\u003eWomen's Writing in English: The Middle Ages\u003c\/em\u003e (Longman) and the editor of \u003cem\u003eMedieval Texts and Contemporary Readers\u003c\/em\u003e (Cornell UP).\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644478263570,"sku":"9780393602951","price":124.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ae99135-40c1-475e-b7b4-b7c230e4e513.jpg?v=1733111319","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-norton-anthology-of-theory-and-criticism-9780393602951","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}