Contemporary Literary & Cultural Theory: The Johns Hopkins Guide Available to Purchase

The stated purpose of Contemporary Literary & Cultural Theory from Johns Hopkins University Press, according to the editors in the book's preface, is to make to make available in an “easy to access” format the most important critics and critical theories of the last half century. The material is drawn from the notable, multi-volume reference work Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism – both the first (1994) and second (2005) editions. This new work delivers on its stated promise and provides compact but precise entries that both novice and advanced scholars will find eminently useful for ready reference....