One of the momentous developments in criticism in the past two decades has been the revival of the historical method as a way of studying literature, the arts, and the world of ideas. Scholars who ...

Introduces students to a wide range of critical theories that English majors need to know. Covers major movements in modern literary/critical theory, from Matthew Arnold through new criticism to ...

It has held sway in the humanities for nearly four decades, surviving even the great culture wars. But it is being used in surprising ways. Either literary theory is dead, or it’s invincible. It all ...

“Literary Theory for Robots,” by Dennis Yi Tenen, a software engineer turned literature professor, shows how the “intelligence” in artificial intelligence is irreducibly human. By Jennifer Szalai When ...

James McCourt discusses the emergence of "queer identity" and gives an overview of French literary theories and their influence on multiculturalism--while Camille Paglia explains the destructive ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Since its inception in 1940, the Journal of the History of Ideas (JHI) has served as a medium for the publication of research in ...