“Teaching Literature Is Teaching in Theory” by John Willinsky: Summary and Critique
"Teaching Literature Is Teaching in Theory" by John Willinsky first appeared in the Summer 1998 issue of Theory into Practice, ...
“Does Literary Studies Need Literary Theory?” By Raman Selden: Summary and Critique
"Does Literary Studies Need Literary Theory?" by Raman Selden first appeared in the journal Critical Survey, Vol. 3, No. 1, ...
“Can “Literary” Theory Exist?” Michael R. G. Spiller: Summary and Critique
"Can 'Literary' Theory Exist?" by Michael R. G. Spiller first appeared in the journal Critical Survey (Vol. 4, No. 3, ...
“Perspectivism and Literary Theory Today” by Michael Fischer: Summary and Critique
"Perspectivism and Literary Theory Today" by Michael Fischer first appeared in American Literary History, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Autumn 1990), ...
“On the Teaching of Literary Theory” by David Gershom Myers: Summary and Critique
"On the Teaching of Literary Theory" by David Gershom Myers first appeared in Philosophy and Literature, Volume 18, Number 2, ...
“Literary Theory in/vs. the Classroom” by Wallace Martin: Summary and Critique
"Literary Theory in/vs. the Classroom" by Wallace Martin first appeared in College Literature in 1982, within the issue titled "The ...
“Rethinking Decolonization” By A. G. Hopkins: Summary and Critique
"Rethinking Decolonization" by A. G. Hopkins, first appeared in Past and Present in August 2008, challenges conventional views on decolonization ...
“Wordsworth’s “Preface” as Literary Theory” Charles Altieri: Summary and Critique
Wordsworth's "Preface" as Literary Theory by Charles Altieri first appeared in the Spring 1976 issue of Criticism (Vol. 18, No ...
“The Context of Humanism” by Claire Colebrook: Summary and Critique
"The Context of Humanism" by Claire Colebrook, first appeared in the journal New Literary History, explores the critical evolution of ...
“Quo Vadis?: Literary Theory beyond Postmodernism” by Jens Zimmermann: Summary and Critique
"Quo Vadis?: Literary Theory beyond Postmodernism" by Jens Zimmermann first appeared in Christianity and Literature, Vol. 53, No. 4 (Summer ...
“Problems in Current Theories of Colonial Discourse” by Benita Parry: Summary and Critique
"Problems in Current Theories of Colonial Discourse" by Benita Parry first appeared in 1987 in the Oxford Literary Review ...
“Action And Meaning In Literary Theory” By Ronald Tanaka: Summary and Critique
"Action and Meaning in Literary Theory" by Ronald Tanaka first appeared in a work supported by a Canada Council grant ...
“What Good Is Literary Criticism?” by Normal Friedman: Summary and Critique
"What Good Is Literary Criticism?" by Norman Friedman, first appeared in The Antioch Review in its Autumn 1960 issue, published ...
“Humanism and the Scientific Worldview” by David E. Cooper: Summary and Critique
"Humanism and the Scientific Worldview" by David E. Cooper first appeared in Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory ...
“Literary Theory, Criticism, and History” by Rene Wellek: Summary and Critique
"Literary Theory, Criticism, and History" by René Wellek first appeared in The Sewanee Review in Winter 1960, published by Johns ...
“From Literary Theory to Critical Method” by Rita Felski: Summary and Critique
"From Literary Theory to Critical Method" by Rita Felski first appeared in Profession in 2008, published by the Modern Language ...
“What Is the Meaning of a Text?” by Jeffrey Stout: Summary and Critique
"What Is the Meaning of a Text?" by Jeffrey Stout first appeared in 1982 in New Literary History, Vol. 14, ...
“Toward a Modern Humanism” by Martin Schütze: Summary and Critique
"Toward a Modern Humanism" by Martin Schütze first appeared in 1936 in PMLA (Publications of the Modern Language Association of ...
“Literary Theory and Its Discontents” by John R. Searle: Summary and Critique
"Literary Theory and Its Discontents" by John R. Searle first appeared in New Literary History in the 1994 summer issue, ...
“The Inescapability of Humanism” by James L. Battersby: Summary and Critique
"The Inescapability of Humanism" by James L. Battersby first appeared in College English in September 1996, published by the National ...
“Problems of Literary Theory: The Problem of Meaning” by Catherine Belsey: Summary and Critique
"Problems of Literary Theory: The Problem of Meaning" by Catherine Belsey first appeared in 1982 in New Literary History as ...
“Literary History as a Challenge to Literary Theory” by Hans Robert Jauss and Elizabeth Benzinger: Summary and Critique
"Literary History as a Challenge to Literary Theory" by Hans Robert Jauss and translated by Elizabeth Benzinger first appeared in ...
“The New Humanism” by George Sarton: Summary and Critique
"The New Humanism" by George Sarton, first published in 1924 in Isis, Vol. 6, No. 1, and issued by The ...
“Humanism and Minority Literature: Toward a Definition of Counter-Hegemonic Discourse by Abdul R. JanMohamed: Summary and Critique
"Humanism and Minority Literature: Toward a Definition of Counter-Hegemonic Discourse" by Abdul R. JanMohamed was first published in 1984 in ...
“What Is Literariness? Three Components of Literary Reading” by David S. Miall & Don Kuiken: Summary and Critique
"What Is Literariness? Three Components of Literary Reading" by David S. Miall and Don Kuiken first appeared in the 1999 ...
“Food Memoirs: What They Are, Why They Are Popular, and Why They Belong in the Literature Classroom” by Barbara Frey Waxman: Summary and Critique
"Food Memoirs: What They Are, Why They Are Popular, and Why They Belong in the Literature Classroom," by Barbara Frey ...
“The form of reading: Empirical studies of literariness” by David S. Miall and DonKuiken: Summary and Critique
"The form of reading: Empirical Studies of Literariness" by David S. Miall and Don Kuiken first appeared in 1998 in ...
“Teaching Literary Devices and the Reading of Literature” by Richard F. Thompson: Summary and Critique
"Teaching Literary Devices and the Reading of Literature" by Richard F. Thompson first appeared in the Journal of Reading, Vol ...
“Decolonizing the Literature Classroom” by John K. Noyes: Summary and Critique
"Decolonizing the Literature Classroom" by John K. Noyes first appeared in the Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry in September ...
“Literariness as a Culturally Based Feature” by Marko Juvan: Summary and Critique
"Literariness as a Culturally Based Feature" by Marko Juvan first appeared in Stylistyka XI and examines how the concept of ...
“Language and literariness” by Ronald Carter and Walter Nash: Summary and Critique
"Language and Literariness" by Ronald Carter and Walter Nash first appeared in Prose Studies: History, Theory, Criticism in 1983, published ...
“Introduction: Literariness and linguistics” by Vimala Herman: Summary and Critique
"Introduction: Literariness and Linguistics by Vimala Herman first appeared in 1983 in the journal Prose Studies: History, Theory, Criticism ...
“Determining Literariness In Interactive Fiction” by Neil Randall: Summary And Critique
"Determining Literariness in Interactive Fiction" by Neil Randall first appeared in 1988 in the journal Computers and the Humanities ...
“On the Edge of Literariness: The Writing of Letters” by Claudio Guillén: Summary and Critique
"On the Edge of Literariness: The Writing of Letters" by Claudio Guillén first appeared in 1994 in Comparative Literature Studies۔ ...
“Literature, Literariness, and the Brain” by Vladimir E. Alexandrov: Summary and Critique
"Literature, Literariness, and the Brain" by Vladimir E. Alexandrov first appeared in the Comparative Literature journal (Vol. 59, No. 2) ...
“Factuality And Literariness” by Anders Pettersson: Summary and Critique
"Factuality And Literariness" by Anders Pettersson first appeared in Handbook of Narratology (2016) and examines the complex interplay between factual ...
“On Reading And Literariness: The (Im)Possibility of Literary Theory” by Barbara Dolenc: Summary And Critique
"On Reading and Literariness: The (Im)Possibility of Literary Theory" by Barbara Dolenc first appeared in 2022 in the journal SRAZ, ...
“Literariness of Theory” by György C. Kálmán: Summary and Critique
"Literariness of Theory" by György C. Kálmán first appeared in 1999, as part of the scholarly discourse around literary theory ...
“Literariness, Consensus, or “Something Else”? by Angela Locatelli: Summary and Critique
"Literariness, Consensus, or 'Something Else'?" by Angela Locatelli was first published in 2004 in the journal Tropismes by the Centre ...
“Indigenous Literary Nationalism: A Theory for All”by Niigaan Sinclair: Summary and Critique
"Indigenous Literary Nationalism: A Theory for All" by Niigaan Sinclair first appeared in the December 2015 issue of ESC: English ...
“Ecophobia, Reverential Eco-Fear, And Indigenous Worldviews” By Rayson K. Alex And S. Susan Deborah: Summary And Critique
"Ecophobia, Reverential Eco-Fear, And Indigenous Worldviews" by Rayson K. Alex and S. Susan Deborah first appeared in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies ...
“Decolonizing Feminism in the #MeToo Era” by Ritty Lukose: Summary and Critique
"Decolonizing Feminism in the #MeToo Era" by Ritty Lukose first appeared in the Cambridge Journal of Anthropology in Autumn 2018 ...
“The Imperialism of Decolonization” by WM. Roger Louis and Ronald Robinson: Summary and Critique
"The Imperialism of Decolonization" by Wm. Roger Louis and Ronald Robinson first appeared in 1994 in The Journal of Imperial ...
“Trauma Theory And Postcolonial Literary Studies” by Irene Visser: Summary And Critique
"Trauma Theory and Postcolonial Literary Studies" by Irene Visser first appeared in the Journal of Postcolonial Writing in July 2011 ...
“Preface” of Postcolonial Studies to Decolonial Studies: Decolonizing Postcolonial Studies by Ramón Grosfoguel: Summary and Critique
"Preface" of Postcolonial Studies to Decolonial Studies: Decolonizing Postcolonial Studies by Ramón Grosfoguel first appeared in the Review (Fernand Braudel ...
“Decolonizing the Terrain of Western Theoretical Productions” by Mustapha Marrouchi: Summary and Critique
"Decolonizing the Terrain of Western Theoretical Productions" by Mustapha Marrouchi first appeared in College Literature, Vol. 24, No. 2, in ...
“Decolonizing the Mind” by Joanne Barker: Summary and Critique
"Decolonizing the Mind" by Joanne Barker first appeared in the 2018 issue of Rethinking Marxism: A Journal of Economics, Culture ...
“Feminism and Postcolonialism: (En)gendering Encounters” by Swati Parashar: Summary and Critique
"Feminism and Postcolonialism: (En)gendering Encounters" by Swati Parashar was first published in 2016 in Postcolonial Studies (Vol. 19, Issue 4, ...
“Critical Analysis of the Production of Western Knowledge and Its Implications for Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization” by Francis Adyanga Akena: Summary and Critique
"Critical Analysis of the Production of Western Knowledge and Its Implications for Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization" by Francis Adyanga Akena ...
“Decolonizing the Canon: Considerations of Third World Literature” by Georg M. Gugelberger: Summary and Critique
"Decolonizing the Canon: Considerations of Third World Literature" by Georg M. Gugelberger first appeared in 1991 in New Literary History, ...
“Decoloniality and Decolonizing Critical Theory” by Jake M. Bartholomew: Summary And Critique
"Decoloniality and Decolonizing Critical Theory" by Jake M. Bartholomew first appeared in the journal Constellations in 2018۔ ...
“What is Ecofeminism?” by Alicia H. Puleo: Summary and Critique
"What is Ecofeminism?" by Alicia H. Puleo first appeared in 2017 as part of the Quaderns de la Mediterrània, a ...
“The Deep Ecology/Ecofeminism Debate: an Enquiry into Environmental Ethics” by Roma Chakrabort: Summary and Critique
"The Deep Ecology/Ecofeminism Debate: an Enquiry into Environmental Ethics" by Roma Chakraborty first appeared in the Journal of Indian Council ...
“Socialist and Cultural Ecofeminism: Allies in Resistance” by Elizabeth Carlassare: Summary and Critique
"Socialist and Cultural Ecofeminism: Allies in Resistance" by Elizabeth Carlassare first appeared in Ethics and the Environment in 2000 ...
“What’s Wrong with Ecofeminism?” by Lucy Sargisson: Summary and Critique
"What's Wrong with Ecofeminism?" by Lucy Sargisson first appeared in Environmental Politics in 2001 and offers a critical examination of ...
“Vegetarian Ecofeminism: A Review Essay” by Greeta Gaard: Summary and Critique
"Vegetarian Ecofeminism: A Review Essay" by Greta Gaard first appeared in Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies in 2002, published ...
“Varieties Of Ecofeminism” by Mary Mellor: Summary And Critique
"Varieties of Ecofeminism" by Mary Mellor first appeared in 1994 in the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism ...
“Toward A Queer Ecofeminism” By Greta Gaard: Summary and Critique
"Toward a Queer Ecofeminism" by Greta Gaard was first published in 1997 in the journal Hypatia, Volume 12, Issue 1, ...
“New Directions for Ecofeminism: Toward a More Feminist Ecocriticism” by Greta Gaard: Summary and Critique
"New Directions for Ecofeminism: Toward a More Feminist Ecocriticism" by Greta Gaard first appeared in the Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature ...
“Ecofeminism and Climate Change” by Greeta Gaard: Summary and Critique
"Ecofeminism and Climate Change" by Greta Gaard first appeared in 2015 in the Women's Studies International Forum ...
“Ecofeminism without Nature?” by Stacy Alaimo: Summary and Critique
"Ecofeminism without Nature?" by Stacy Alaimo first appeared in the International Feminist Journal of Politics in September 2008 ...
“Ecofeminism in the 21st Century” by Susan Buckingham: Summary and Critique
"Ecofeminism in the 21st Century" by Susan Buckingham first appeared in The Geographical Journal in 2004 (Volume 170, Issue 2, ...
“Ecofeminism: An Overview” by Lois Ann Lorentzen: Summary and Critique
"Ecofeminism: An Overview" by Lois Ann Lorentzen first appeared in 2002 and has become a foundational text within ecofeminist discourse ...
“A Critique of Ecofeminism” by Anne Archambault: Summary and Critique
"A Critique of Ecofeminism" by Anne Archambault first appeared in Canadian Woman Studies, Volume 13, Number 3, as an insightful ...
“Ecofeminism – The Challenge to Theology” by Rosemary Radford Ruether: Summary and Critique
"Ecofeminism – The Challenge to Theology" by Rosemary Radford Ruether first appeared in DEP (No. 20, 2012) and serves as ...
“Ecofeminism in Theory and Praxis” by Jesse Goldstein: Summary and Critique
"Ecofeminism in Theory and Praxis" by Jesse Goldstein was first published in the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism on November 24, ...
“Ecofeminism at the Heart of Ecosocialism” by Leigh Brownhill & Terisa E. Turner: Summary and Critique
"Ecofeminism at the Heart of Ecosocialism" by Leigh Brownhill and Terisa E. Turner was first published in Capitalism Nature Socialism ...
“Ecofeminism as Politics: Nature, Marx, and the Postmodern” by Katrina Hamilton: Summary and Critique
"Ecofeminism as Politics: Nature, Marx, and the Postmodern" by Ariel Salleh first appeared in 1997 and has since become a ...
“A Comprehensive Study of Ecofeminism” by Bhuvaneswari Vijayaraj: Summary and Critique
"A Comprehensive Study of Ecofeminism" by Bhuvaneswari Vijayaraj first appeared in 2017 in The Anthropologist journal, marking a significant addition ...
“Theorizing In A Space Of Ambivalent Openness: Ecocriticism And Ecophobia” By Simon C. Estok: Summary And Critique
"Theorizing In A Space Of Ambivalent Openness: Ecocriticism And Ecophobia" by Simon C. Estok first appeared in Interdisciplinary Studies in ...
“Is Ecofeminism Relevant?” by Bronwyn James: Summary and Critique
"Is Ecofeminism Relevant?" by Bronwyn James, first appeared in Agenda in 1996, James exploring ecofeminism's relevance, particularly within the South ...
“Ecofeminism: An Overview And Discussion Of Positions And Arguments” by Val Plumwood: Summary and Critique
"Ecofeminism: An Overview and Discussion of Positions and Arguments" by Val Plumwood first appeared in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy ...
“Ecofeminism and the Eating of Animals” by Carol J. Adams: Summary and Critique
"Ecofeminism and the Eating of Animals" by Carol J. Adams first appeared in Hypatia in the Spring of 1991 (Vol ...
“Ecofeminism and Science Fiction: Human-Alien Literary Intersections” by Irene Sanz Alonso: Summary and Critique
"Ecofeminism and Science Fiction: Human-Alien Literary Intersections" by Irene Sanz Alonso first appeared in Women's Studies in 2018, published in ...
“Theorizing Ecocriticism: Toward A Postmodern Ecocritical Practice” By Serpil Oppermann: Summary And Critique
"Theorizing Ecocriticism: Toward A Postmodern Ecocritical Practice" by Serpil Oppermann first appeared in the Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment ...
“New Directions For Ecofeminism: Toward A More Feminist Ecocriticism” by Greta Gaard: Summary and Critique
"New Directions For Ecofeminism: Toward A More Feminist Ecocriticism" by Greta Gaard first appeared in 2010 in the journal Interdisciplinary ...
“Ecofeminism: What One Needs To Know” by Nancy R. Howell: Summary And Critique
"Ecofeminism: What One Needs to Know" by Nancy R. Howell first appeared in 1997 in the Zygon: Journal of Religion ...
“Ecocriticism” by Greta Gaard: Summary and Critique
"Ecocriticism" by Greta Gaard appeared in 1997 in the journal The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology ...
“Children’s Environmental Literature: From Ecocriticism To Ecopedagogy” by Greta Gaard: Summary and Critique
"Children’s Environmental Literature: From Ecocriticism to Ecopedagogy" by Greta Gaard first appeared in 2009 in the journal Neohelicon, published by ...
“The Ties To Bind” by Fuyuki Kurasawa: Summary And Critique
"The Ties To Bind" by Fuyuki Kurasawa, first appeared in Philosophy & Social Criticism in 2004, explores the widening gap ...
“Marxism and Ecocriticism” by Lance Newman: Summary and Critique
"Marxism and Ecocriticism" by Lance Newman first appeared in the Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment in the Summer of ...
“Cross-Pollination: Ecocriticism, Zoocriticism, Postcolonialism” by Aarthi Vadde: Summary and Critique
"Cross-Pollination: Ecocriticism, Zoocriticism, Postcolonialism" by Aarthi Vadde first appeared in the Contemporary Literature journal, Volume 52, Number 3, in the ...
“Against Authenticity: Global Knowledges And Postcolonial Ecocriticism” By Cara Cilano And Elizabeth Deloughrey: Summary And Critique
"Against Authenticity: Global Knowledges and Postcolonial Ecocriticism" by Cara Cilano and Elizabeth Deloughrey first appeared in Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature ...
“What is an Image?” By W. J. T. Mitchell: Summary and Critique
"What is an Image?" by W. J. T. Mitchell first appeared in New Literary History, Volume 15, Issue 3, during ...
“The Storyteller: Reflections on the Works of Nikolai Leskov” by Walter Benjamin: Summary and Critique
"The Storyteller: Reflections on the Works of Nikolai Leskov" by Walter Benjamin first appeared in the Chicago Review, Vol. 16, ...
“The Rhetoric of Temporality” by Paul de Man: Summary and Critique
"The Rhetoric of Temporality" by Paul de Man first appeared as the tenth chapter of the book Blindness and Insight: ...
“The Question of Narrative in Contemporary Historical Theory” by Hayden White: Summary and Critique
"The Question of Narrative in Contemporary Historical Theory" by Hayden White first appeared in 1984 in History and Theory (Vol ...
“Ecocriticism, Literary Theory, and the Truth of Ecology” by Dana Phillips: Summary and Critique
"Ecocriticism, Literary Theory, and the Truth of Ecology" by Dana Phillips first appeared in 1999 in the journal New Literary ...
“The Politics Of Recognition”by Charles Taylor: Summary And Critique
"The Politics of Recognition" by Charles Taylor first appeared in Multiculturalism: Expanded Paperback Edition, edited by Amy Gutmann and published ...
“The Poetic Principle” by Edgar Allen Poe: Summary and Critique
"The Poetic Principle" by Edgar Allan Poe first appeared in Home Journal on August 31, 1850, as a reprint from ...
“Phenomenology of Reading” by Georges Poulet: Summary and Critique
"Phenomenology of Reading" by Georges Poulet first appeared in New Literary History in October 1969, in Volume 1, No. 1 ...
“Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses” by Louis Althusser: Summary and Critique
"Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses" by Louis Althusser first appeared in La Pensée in 1970 and was later included in ...
“Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” by Laura Mulvey: Summary and Critique
"Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" by Laura Mulvey was first written in 1973 and published in 1975 in the journal ...
“The Death Drive” by Laura Mulvey: Summary and Critique
"The Death Drive" by Laura Mulvey first appeared in Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry in the Autumn/Winter ...
“On Fairy Stories” by J. R. R. Tolkien: Summary and Critique
"On Fairy Stories" by J.R.R. Tolkien first appeared in 1947 as part of a collection titled Essays Presented to Charles ...
“Lecture Notes on Rhetoric” by Friedrich Nietzsche and Carole Blair: Summary and Critique
"Lecture Notes on Rhetoric" by Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Carole Blair, first appeared in 1983 in the journal Philosophy & ...
“Is the Post- in Postmodernism the Post- in Postcolonial?” by Kwame Anthony Appiah: Summary and Critique
"Is the Post- in Postmodernism the Post- in Postcolonial?" by Kwame Anthony Appiah first appeared in Critical Inquiry, Vol. 17, ...
“Imitation and Gender Insubordination” by Judith Butler: Summary and Critique
"Imitation and Gender Insubordination" by Judith Butler first appeared in 1991 in Inside/Out: Lesbian Theories, Gay Theories, edited by Diana ...
“Film, Feminism and the Avant-Garde” by Laura Mulvey: Summary and Critique
"Film, Feminism and the Avant-Garde" by Laura Mulvey first appeared in 1978 as a lecture for the "Women and Literature" ...
“The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” by Walter Benjamin: Summary and Critique
"The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" by Walter Benjamin first appeared in 1935 in a collection ...
“The Uncanny” by Sigmund Freud: Summary and Critique
"The Uncanny" by Sigmund Freud first appeared in 1919 in the journal Imago and was later reprinted in the collection ...
“The Trouble with Wilderness: Or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature” by William Cronon: Summary and Critique
"The Trouble with Wilderness: Or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature" by William Cronon first appeared in Environmental History, Vol ...
“The Education Of Desire and The Repressive Hypothesis” by Ann Laura Stoler: Summary and Critique
"The Education of Desire and The Repressive Hypothesis" by Ann Laura Stoler first appeared in her book Race and the ...
“The Circulation of Social Energy” by Stephen Greeblatt: Summary and Critique
"The Circulation of Social Energy" by Stephen Greenblat, the first chapter of Shakespearean Negotiations, was first published in 1988 by ...
“Colonial Studies and The History Of Sexuality” By Ann Laura Stoler: Summary and Critique
"Colonial Studies and The History Of Sexuality" by Ann Laura Stoler is the first chapter of her groundbreaking book Race ...
“Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power” by Audre Lorde: Summary and Critique
"Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power" by Audre Lorde first appeared in 1978 as a paper delivered at ...
“The Precession of Simulacra” by Jean Baudrillard: Summary and Critique
"The Precession of Simulacra" by Jean Baudrillard first appeared in 1981 as part of the Simulacra and Simulation collection ...
“The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I” by Jacques Lacan: Summary and Critique
"The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I" by Jacques Lacan, first presented in 1936 and published ...
“A Manifesto For Cyborgs: Science, Technology, And Socialist Feminism In The 1980s” by Donna Haraway: Summary and Critique
"A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s" by Donna Haraway first appeared in 1985 as ...
“Feminism: A Movement To End Sexist Oppression” by bell hooks: Summary and Critique
"Feminism: A Movement To End Sexist Oppression" by bell hooks is the second chapter of her influential work Feminist Theory: ...
“Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory” by bell hooks: Summary and Critique
"Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory" by bell hooks first appeared in her influential 1984 book Feminist Theory: From Margin to ...
“Trust the Tale, Not the Teller: Hans Christian Andersen” by Harold Bloom: Summary and Critique
"Trust the Tale, Not the Teller: Hans Christian Andersen" by Harold Bloom first appeared in Orbis Litterarum in 2005 ...
“The Necessity Of Misreading” By Harold Bloom: Summary and Critique
"The Necessity of Misreading" by Harold Bloom, first appeared in 1975 in the journal The Georgia Review, is a cornerstone ...
“The Function of Criticism” by Matthew Arnold: Summary and Critique
"The Function of Criticism" by Matthew Arnold first appeared in 1864 as part of his collection Essays in Criticism ...
“The Dialectics of Literary Tradition” by Harold Bloom: Summary and Critique
"The Dialectics of Literary Tradition" by Harold Bloom, first appeared in 1974 in the journal boundary 2, is known for ...
“Poetic Crossing: Rhetoric And Psychology” By Harold Bloom: Summary and Critique
"Poetic Crossing: Rhetoric And Psychology" by Harold Bloom appeared in the Fall 1976 issue of The Georgia Review (495-524) ...
“Dialectic in the Marriage of Heaven and Hell” by Harold Bloom: Summary and Critique
"Dialectic in the Marriage of Heaven and Hell" by Harold Bloom first appeared in PMLA (Publications of the Modern Language ...
“Poetry, Revisionism, Repression” by Harold Bloom: Summary and Critique
"Poetry, Revisionism, Repression" by Harold Bloom first appeared in 1975 in the journal Critical Inquiry, is considered a seminal work ...
“First and Last Romantics” by Harold Bloom: Summary and Critique
"First and Last Romantics" by Harold Bloom appeared in 1970 in the journal Studies in Romanticism, is considered a seminal ...
“Coleridge: The Anxiety of Influence” by Harold Bloom: Summary and Critique
"Coleridge: The Anxiety of Influence" by Harold Bloom first appeared in Diacritics, Spring 1972" and explores the complex relationship between ...
“Antithetical Criticism: An Introduction” by Harold Bloom: Summary and Critique
"Antithetical Criticism: An Introduction" by Harold Bloom was written and published in 1971 ina journal, Diacritics ...
“Tradition and the Individual Talent” by T. S. Eliot: Summary and Critique
"Tradition and the Individual Talent" by T. S. Eliot was first publishedا in 1919 as the introductory essay to the ...
“Tragic Resignation and Sacrifice: Eliot and Pasternak from Modern Tragedy” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
The chapter "Tragic Resignation and Sacrifice: Eliot and Pasternak from Modern Tragedy" by Raymond Williams is a key component of ...
“Tragic Despair and Revolt: Camus and Sartre from Modern Tragedy” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Tragic Despair and Revolt: Camus and Sartre from Modern Tragedy" by Raymond Williams first appeared in 1962 in the book ...
“Tragic Deadlock and Stalemate: Chekhov, Pirandello, Ionesco, Beckett from Modern Tragedy” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Tragic Deadlock and Stalemate: Chekhov, Pirandello, Ionesco, Beckett from Modern Tragedy" by Raymond Williams first appeared in 1962 in the ...
“Tragedy and Revolution from Modern Tragedy” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Tragedy and Revolution from Modern Tragedy" by Raymond Williams is a pivotal chapter in his book, Modern Tragedy, published in ...
“Social and Personal Tragedy: Tolstoy and Lawrence: from Modern Tragedy” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Social and Personal Tragedy: Tolstoy and Lawrence: from Modern Tragedy" was originally published in his seminal work, Modern Tragedy in ...
“Private Tragedy: Strindberg, O’Neill, Tennessee Williams from Modern Tragedy” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Private Tragedy: Strindberg, O'Neill, Tennessee Williams from Modern Tragedy" by Raymond Williams first appeared in his book Modern Tragedy in ...
“From Hero to Victim: The Making of Liberal Tragedy, to Ibsen and Miller from Modern Tragedy” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"From Hero to Victim: The Making of Liberal Tragedy" by Raymond Williams is a pivotal chapter in his groundbreaking work, ...
“A Rejection of Tragedy: Brecht from Modern Tragedy” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"A Rejection of Tragedy: Brecht from Modern Tragedy" by Raymond Williams appeared in his seminal work, Modern Tragedy, published in ...
“Tragedy and Experience in Tragic Ideas from Modern Tragedy” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Tragedy and Experience in Tragic Ideas from Modern Tragedy" by Raymond Williams first appeared in the book Modern Tragedy published ...
“Tragedy and the Tradition in Tragic Ideas from Modern Tragedy” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Tragedy and the Tradition in Tragic Ideas from Modern Tragedy" by Raymond Williams occurs in the book Modern Tragedy published ...
“Tragedy and Revolution in Tragic Ideas from Modern Tragedy” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Tragedy and Revolution in Tragic Ideas from Modern Tragedy" by Raymond Williams occurs in his book Modern Tragedy published in ...
“Tragedy and Contemporary Ideas in Tragic Ideas from Modern Tragedy” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Tragedy and Contemporary Ideas in Tragic Ideas from Modern Tragedy" by Raymond Williams delves into the evolving nature of tragedy ...
“Introduction: Reading Modern Tragedy In The Twenty-First Century”: Pamela Mccallum: Summary and Critique
"Introduction: Reading Modern Tragedy In The Twenty-First Century" by Pamela for Raymond Williams' Modern Tragedy, published in 2006 by Blackwell ...
“The Realism of Arthur Miller” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
Introduction: "The Realism of Arthur Miller" by Raymond Williams The essay "The Realism of Arthur Miller" by Raymond Williams first ...
“The Achievement Of Brecht” by Raymond Williams: Summary And Critique
"The Achievement of Brecht" by Raymond Williams, a seminal exploration of Bertolt Brecht's dramatic works and their significance within the ...
“Socialism and Ecology” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Socialism and Ecology" by Raymond Williams first appeared in 1982, in the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism, volume 6, issue 1, ...
“Popular Culture: History And Theory” By Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Popular Culture: History and Theory" by Raymond Williams was first published in 2018 in the journal Cultural Studies ...
“Communications As Cultural Science” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Communications As Cultural Science" by Raymond Williams was first published in 1974 in the journal New Left Review ...
“Utopia and Science Fiction” by Raymond Williams: Summary and Critique
"Utopia and Science Fiction" by Raymond Williams, first published in 1978 in the journal Science Fiction Studies, is considered a ...
“The Reception of Reader-Response Theory” by Patricia Harkin: Summary and Critique
"The Reception of Reader-Response Theory" by Patricia Harkin also used in (College Composition and Communication, 2005), examines the varied responses ...
“Reader Response Theory and the Problem of Meaning” by Robert E. Probst: Summary and Critique
"Reader Response Theory and the Problem of Meaning" by Robert E. Probst was first published in 1992 in the Publishing ...
“Reader-Response And Reception Theory” by M. A. R. Habib: Summary and Critique
"Reader-Response and Reception Theory" by M. A. R. Habib first appeared in 2005 in the book A History of Literary ...
“Freud, Physics and Literature” by Norman N. Holland: Summary and Critique
"Freud, Physics, and Literature" by Norman N. Holland was first published in 1984 in the Journal of The American Academy ...
“Shakespearean Tragedy and the Three Ways of Psychoanalytic Criticism” by Norman N. Holland: Summary and Critique
"Shakespearean Tragedy and the Three Ways of Psychoanalytic Criticism" by Norman N. Holland first appeared in 1962 in The Hudson ...
“Unity Identity Text Self “by Norman N. Holland: Summary and Critique
"Unity Identity Text Self" by Norman N. Holland first appeared in 1975 in the journal PMLA (Publications of the Modern ...
“Literature in the Reader: Affective Stylistics” by Stanley Fish: Summary and Critique
"Literature in the Reader: Affective Stylistics" by Stanley Fish was first published in 1970 in the journal New Literary History ...
“Literary Interpretation and Three Phases of Psychoanalysis” by Norman N. Holland: Summary and Critique
"Literary Interpretation and Three Phases of Psychoanalysis" by Norman N. Holland was first published in 1976 in the journal Critical ...
“Human Identity” by Norman N. Holland: Summary and Critique
"Human Identity" Norman N. Holland, initially published in the prestigious journal Critical Inquiry in 1978, has since become a cornerstone ...
“How Ordinary Is Ordinary Language?” by Stanley E. Fish: Summary and Critique
"How Ordinary Is Ordinary Language?" by Stanley E. Fish first appeared in 1973 in the New Literary History journal ...
“Tragedy And Liberalism” By Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"Tragedy and Liberalism" by Terry Eagleton, first published in 2018 in the Modern Theology journal, holds significant importance in literature ...
“The Death of Rhetoric” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"The Death of Rhetoric" by Terry Eagleton first appeared in 1983 in the New Literary History journal ...
“Psychoanalysis and Literature: Past and Present” by Norman N. Holland: Summary and Critique
"Psychoanalysis and Literature: Past and Present" by Norman N. Holland first appeared in 1993 in the journal Contemporary Psychoanalysis ...
“Macherey and Marxist Literary Theory” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"Macherey and Marxist Literary Theory" by Terry Eagleton was first published in 1982 as part of the Royal Institute of ...
“The End of Criticism” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
Introduction: "The End of Criticism" by Terry Eagleton "The End of Criticism" by Terry Eagleton, first appeared in 1982 in ...
“Marx, Freud and Morality” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
“Marx, Freud, and Morality” by Terry Eagleton, first appeared in New Blackfriars in January 1977, has become a cornerstone in ...
“Irony and the Eucharist” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"Irony and the Eucharist" by Terry Eagleton is a seminal piece that first appeared in the esteemed journal New Blackfriars ...
“Decentering God” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"Decentering God" by Terry Eagleton, first appeared in 1976 in the journal New Blackfriars, in its Volume 57, Number 671, ...
“Marxist Literary Criticism” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"Marxist Literary Criticism" by Terry Eagleton first appeared in 1982 in the International Socialism journal ...
“The Limits of Liberalism” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"The Limits of Liberalism" by Terry Eagleton, first appeared in 1967 in the journal New Blackfriars, is considered a significant ...
“The Function of Criticism” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"The Function of Criticism" by Terry Eagleton, first appeared in 1983 in the New Literary History journal, has been instrumental ...
“The End of English” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"The End of English" by Terry Eagleton, first appeared in 1986 in the Journal of Literary Studies, is considered a ...
“Postcolonialism and ‘postcolonialism'” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"Postcolonialism and 'postcolonialism'" by Terry Eagleton first appeared in 1998 in the journal Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies ...
“The Subject of Literature” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"The Subject of Literature" by Terry Eagleton first appeared on the pages of the influential journal Cultural Critique in the ...
“The Ideology of the Aesthetic” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"The Ideology of the Aesthetic" by Terry Eagleton, first appeared in 1988 in the journal Poetics Today, is considered a ...
“Base and Superstructure Revisited” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"Base and Superstructure Revisited" by Terry Eagleton is an influential essay that first appeared in the Spring 2000 issue of ...
“Two Approaches in The Sociology of Literature” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"Two Approaches in The Sociology of Literature" by Terry Eagleton first appeared in 1975 in the journal New Left Review ...
“Marxism and Deconstruction” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"Marxism and Deconstruction" by Terry Eagleton first appeared in 1981 in the Contemporary Literature journal ...
“Ideology, Fiction, Narrative” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"Ideology, Fiction, Narrative" by Terry Eagleton first appeared in 1979 in the journal Social Text ...
“Fredric Jameson: The Politics of Style” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"Fredric Jameson: The Politics of Style" by Terry Eagleton first appeared in 1982 in the journal Diacritics ...
“Rethinking Colonialism: Globalization, Postcolonialism, And The Nation Arif Dirlik: Summary and Critique
"Rethinking Colonialism: Globalization, Postcolonialism, And The Nation" by Arif Dirlik was initially published in 2002 in the journal "Interventions: International ...
“On The Postcolony: A Brief Response To Critics” by Achille Mbembe: Summary and Critique
"On The Postcolony: A Brief Response To Critics" by Achille Mbembe was first published in 2005 in the journal Qui ...
“Feminism and Postcolonialism: (En)gendering Encounters” by Swati Parashar: Summary and Critique
"Feminism and Postcolonialism: (En)gendering Encounters" by Swati Parashar first appeared in 2016 in the journal Postcolonial Studies ...
“Edward Said and Colonial Discourse” by Robert C. Young: Summary and Critique
"Edward Said and Colonial Discourse"by Robert C. Young first appeared in the 1990 issue of the journal Critical Inquiry, has ...
“The Postcolonial Aura: Third World Criticism in the Age of Global Capitalism” by Arif Dirlik: Summary and Critique
"The Postcolonial Aura: Third World Criticism in the Age of Global Capitalism" by Arif Dirlik first appeared in 1994, in ...
“Ghalib and the Art of the “Ghazal” by Sara Suleri Goodyear and Azra Raza: Summary and Critique
"Ghalib and the Art of the "Ghazal" by Sara Suleri Goodyear and Azra Raza first appeared in 2008 in the ...
“Multiculturalism and Its Discontents” by Sara Suleri: Summary and Critique
"Multiculturalism and Its Discontents" by Sara Suleri first appeared in 1993 in the journal Profession, is considered a significant contribution ...
“Woman Skin Deep: Feminism and the Postcolonial Condition” by Sara Suleri: Summary and Critique
"Woman Skin Deep: Feminism and the Postcolonial Condition" by Sara Suleri first appeared in 1992 in the journal Critical Inquiry ...
“Three ‘Returns’ to Marx: Derrida, Zizek, Badiou” by Aijaz Ahmad: Summary and Critique
"Three 'Returns' to Marx: Derrida, Zizek, Badiou" by Aijaz Ahmad offers a nuanced exploration of the resurgence of Marxist thought ...
“The Politics of Nostalgia” by Aijaz Ahmad: Summary and Critique
"The Politics of Nostalgia" by Aijaz Ahmad was first published in 1992 in the prestigious journal Critical Inquiry ...
“The Communist Manifesto and ‘World Literature'” by Aijaz Ahmad: Summary and Critique
"The Communist Manifesto and 'World Literature'" by Aijaz Ahmad first appeared in 2000 in the journal Social Scientist ...
“The Politics of Culture” by Aijaz Ahmad: Summary and Critique
"The Politics of Culture" by Aijaz Ahmad، first appeared in 1999 in the journal Social Scientist، is considered a significant ...
“Jameson’s Rhetoric of Otherness and the “National Allegory” by Aijaz Ahmad: Summary and Critique
"Jameson's Rhetoric of Otherness and the 'National Allegory'" by Aijaz Ahmad was first published in 1987 in the journal Social ...
“Fascism and National Culture: Reading Gramsci in the Days of Hindutva” by Aijaz Ahmad: Summary and Critique
"Fascism and National Culture: Reading Gramsci in the Days of Hindutva" by Aijaz Ahmad first appeared in 1993 in the ...
“The Toolbox of Postcolonialism” by Michael Dutton, Leela Gandhi & Sanjay Seth: Summary and Critique
"The Toolbox of Postcolonialism" by Michael Dutton, Leela Gandhi, and Sanjay Seth first appeared in 1999 in the journal Postcolonial ...
“Spirits of Non-Violence” by Leela Gandhi: Summary and Critique
"Spirits of Non-Violence" by Leela Gandhi, first published in 2008 in the journal Interventions, is a significant contribution to the ...
“Postcolonial Theory and the Crisis of European Man” By Leela Gandhi: Summary and Critique
"Postcolonial Theory and the Crisis of European Man" by Leela Gandhi first appeared in 2007 in the journal Postcolonial Studies, ...
“Other(s) Worlds: Mysticism and Radicalism at the Fin de Siècle” by Leela Gandhi: Summary and Critique
"Other(s) Worlds: Mysticism and Radicalism at the Fin de Siècle" by Leela Gandhi, first published in 2009 in the journal ...
“Friendship of Postmodern/Utopianism” by Leela Gandhi: Summary and Critique
"Friendship of Postmodern/Utopianism" by Leela Gandhi first appeared in the year 2003 in the journal Cultural Studies Review ...
“After Virtue: Notes on Early-Twentieth-Century Socialist Antimaterialism” by Leela Gandhi: Summary and Critique
"After Virtue: Notes on Early-Twentieth-Century Socialist Antimaterialism" by Leela Gandhi first appeared in 2008 in the South Atlantic Quarterly journal ...
“A Globalectical Imagination” by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: Summary and Critique
"A Globalectical Imagination" by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o first appeared in 2013 in the journal World Literature Today, volume 87, number ...
“What Is Asia to Me? Looking East from Africa” by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: Summary and Critique
"What Is Asia to Me? Looking East from Africa" by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is a thought-provoking essay that examines the ...
“The Tension Between National And Imperialist Culture” by Ngugi Wa Thiong’O: Summary And Critique
"The Tension Between National and Imperialist Culture" by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o first appeared in 1984 in the journal World Literature ...
“The Making Of A Rebel” by Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Summary and Critique
"The Making Of A Rebel" by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, first appeared in 1980 in the journal Index on Censorship, holds ...
“Notes Towards A Performance Theory Of Orature” by Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o: Summary And Critique
"Notes Towards A Performance Theory Of Orature" by Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o first appeared in 2007 in the prestigious journal Performance ...
“Decolonising the Mind” by Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Summary and Critique
"Decolonising the Mind" by Ngugi wa Thiong'o is an excerpt first appeared in 1986 in the book of the same ...
“The Commitment Of The Intellectual” by Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Summary and Critique
“The Commitment of the Intellectual” by Ngugi wa Thiong’o was originally published in the Review of African Political Economy in ...
“The Writer In A Neocolonial State” By Ngugi Wa Thiong’o: Summary and Critique
"The Writer In A Neocolonial State" By Ngugi Wa Thiong'o: Summary and CritiquePublished by Taylor & Francis, this essay holds ...
“Tongue and Pen: A Challenge to Philosophers From Africa” by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: Summary and Critique
"Tongue and Pen: A Challenge to Philosophers From Africa" by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o first appeared in June 2013 in the ...
“The Politics Of Translation: Notes Towards An African Language Policy” By Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o: Summary And Critique
"The Politics Of Translation: Notes Towards An African Language Policy" by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o first appeared in 2018 in the ...
“Recovering the Original” by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: Summary and Critique
"Recovering the Original" by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o first appeared in the September-December 2004 issue of World Literature Today, Vol. 78, ...
“Power Daemons” by Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o: Summary and Critique
"Power Daemons" by Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o first appeared in World Literature Today in the September-October 2006 issue (Vol. 80, No ...
“On David Cook” by Ngugi Wa Thiong’O: Summary and Critique
"On David Cook" Ngugi wa Thiong'o, first appeared in the prestigious journal Research in African Literatures (Vol. 35, No. 1, ...
“Matigari as Myth and History: An Interview” by Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o and Maya Jaggi: Summary and Critique
"Matigari as Myth and History: An Interview" by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Maya Jaggi first appeared in 1989, a significant ...
“Enactments of Power: The Politics of Performance Space” by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: Summary and Critique
"Enactments of Power: The Politics of Performance Space" by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o first appeared in TDR: The Drama Review in ...
“Language in Everything to Declare” by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: Summary and Critique
"Language in Everything to Declare" by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was published in the 2010 issue of Wasafiri (volume 25, number ...
“Speaking Truth to Power”: An Interview with Chinua Achebe: Summary and Critique
"Speaking Truth to Power": An Interview with Chinua Achebe first appeared in 1994 in the Times Literary Supplement ...
“English and the African Writer” by Chinua Achebe: Summary and Critique
"English and the African Writer" by Chinua Achebe, first appeared in 1965 in the journal Transition, as been instrumental in ...
“An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” by Chinua Achebe: Summary and Critique
"An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness" by Chinua Achebe first appeared in 1975 as a Chancellor's ...
“Africa Is People” by Chinua Achebe: Summary and Critique
"Africa Is People" by Chinua Achebe appeared in 1962 in journal Transition, marking a contribution in African literature and literary ...
“To Paint The Invisible” by Luce Irigaray: Summary and Critique
"To Paint the Invisible" by Luce Irigaray, first appeared in the journal Segni e Comprensione in 2001, is a groundbreaking ...
“Sorcerer Love: A Reading of Plato’s Symposium, Diotima’s Speech” by Luce Irigaray and Eleanor H. Kuykendall: Summary and Critique
"Sorcerer Love: A Reading of Plato's Symposium, Diotima's Speech" by Luce Irigaray and Eleanor H. Kuykendall first appeared in 1988 ...
“Is the Subject of Science Sexed?” by Luce Irigaray and Edith Oberle: Summary and Critique
"Is the Subject of Science Sexed?" by Luce Irigaray and Edith Oberle first appeared in 1985 in the influential French ...
“When Our Lips Speak Together” by Lucy Irigaray: Summary and Critique
"When Our Lips Speak Together" by Lucy Irigaray first appeared in 1980 in the journal Signs: Journal of Women in ...
“The Language of Man” by Luce Irigaray and Erin G. Carlston: Summary and Critique
"The Language of Man" by Luce Irigaray and Erin G. Carlston, first appeared in 2010 in the journal Signs, holds ...
“Starting from Ourselves as Living Beings” by Luce Irigaray: Summary and Critique
"Starting from Ourselves as Living Beings" by Luce Irigaray, first appeared in 1991 in the journal Hypatia, exemplifies Irigaray's pioneering ...
“Sisterhood: Political Solidarity Between Women” by bell hooks: Summary and Critique
"Sisterhood: Political Solidarity Between Women" by bell hooks first appeared in 1984 in the journal Feminist Theory: From Margin to ...
“Sisterhood: Beyond Public and Private” by bell hooks and Tanya McKinnon: Summary and Critique
"Sisterhood: Beyond Public and Private" by bell hooks and Tanya McKinnon first appeared in 1996 in the journal Feminist Studies ...
“Remembered Rapture: Dancing with Words” by bell hooks: Summary and Critique
"Remembered Rapture: Dancing with Words" by bell hooks, first published in the Journal of Advanced Composition (JAC) in 2000, is ...
“Free Spirits: A Legacy of Wildness” by bell hooks: Summary and Critique
"Free Spirits: A Legacy of Wildness" by bell hooks, first appeared in 2008 in the Appalachian Heritage journal, explores the ...
“Feminism: Crying our Souls Out” by bell hooks: Summary and Critique
"Feminism: Crying Our Souls Out" by bell hooks, first appeared in 1995 in the journal Women & Therapy, explores the ...
“Eros, Eroticism and the Pedagogical Process” by bell hooks: Summary and Critique
"Eros, Eroticism and the Pedagogical Process" by bell hooks first appeared in 1993 in the journal Cultural Studies ...
“From Black Is A Woman’s Color” by bell hooks: Summary and Critique
"From Black Is a Woman's Color" by bell hooks first appeared in 1989 in the journal Callaloo, a leading publication ...
“Essentialism and Experience” by bell hooks Summary and Critique
Bell Hooks's seminal essay "Essentialism and Experience" first appeared in 1989 in the journal Essentially Speaking: Feminism, Nature, and Difference ...
“An Aesthetic of Blackness: Strange and Oppositional” by bell hooks: Summary and Critique
"An Aesthetic of Blackness: Strange and Oppositional" by bell hooks first appeared in 1995 in the journal Lenox Avenue: A ...
“Using Some Indian Classics” by Ranajit Guha: Summary And Critique
"Using Some Indian Classics" by Ranajit Guha was first published in the prestigious journal Economic and Political Weekly in 1978 ...
“The Migrant’s Time” by Ranajit Guha: Summary And Critique
"The Migrant's Time" by Ranajit Guha, first appeared in 1998 in the journal Postcolonial Studies, has been instrumental in shaping ...
“Not at Home in Empire” by Ranajit Guha: Summary and Critique
"Not at Home in Empire" by Ranajit Guha first appeared in the renowned journal Critical Inquiryin 1997, is a groundbreaking ...
“Indian Democracy: Long Dead, Now Buried” by Ranajit Guha: Summary And Critique
"Indian Democracy: Long Dead, Now Buried" by Ranajit Guha, first appeared in the esteemed journal Journal of Contemporary Asia in ...
“Gramsci In India: Homage To A Teacher” by Ranajit Guha: Summary and Critique
"Gramsci In India: Homage To A Teacher" by Ranajit Guha first appeared in 2011 in the Journal of Modern Italian ...
“A Conquest Foretold” by Ranajit Guha: Summary and Critique
"A Conquest Foretold" by Ranajit Guha, first appeared in 1998 in the Subaltern Studies journal, holds significant importance in literature ...
“Sexual Politics, Torture, And Secular Time” by Judith Butler: Summary And Critique
"Sexual Politics, Torture, and Secular Time" Judith Butler, first appeared in 2008 in the esteemed journal The British Journal of ...
“Violence, Non-Violence” by Judith Butler: Summary and Critique
"Violence, Non-Violence" Judith Butler was first published in 2002 in the journal Radical Philosophy ...
“The Ethics and Politics of Nonviolence” by Judith Butler: Summary and Critique
"The Ethics and Politics of Nonviolence" by Judith Butler first appeared in the 2020 issue of the prestigious journal Diacritics ...
“Violence, Mourning, Politics” by Judith Butler: Summary and Critique
"Violence, Mourning, Politics" by Judith Butler first appeared in 2003 in the journal Studies in Gender and Sexuality ...
“Torture And The Ethics Of Photography” by Judith Butler: Summary and Critique
"Torture and the Ethics of Photography" by Judith Butler first appeared in 2009 in the journal Philosophy and Social Criticism ...
“Sex and Gender in Simone de Beauvoir’s Second Sex” by Judith Butler: Summary and Critique
"Sex and Gender in Simone de Beauvoir's Second Sex" by Judith Butler first appeared in 1986 as part of the ...
“Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory” by Judith Butler: Summary and Critique
"Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory" by Judith Butler first appeared in 1988 in ...
“Merely Cultural” by Judith Butler: Summary and Critique
"Merely Cultural" by Judith Butler, first appeared in the 1998 issue of the influential journal New Left Review, has had ...
“Translation as Culture” by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Summary and Critique
"Translation as Culture" by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak first appeared in the 2000 issue of the journal Parallax ...
“Three Women’s Texts and a Critique of Imperialism” by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Summary and Critique
"Three Women’s Texts and a Critique of Imperialism" by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak was first published in 1988 in the journal ...
“Scattered Speculations On The Subaltern And The Popular” Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Summary and Critique
"Scattered Speculations on the Subaltern and the Popular" by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak explores the complexities of marginalized voices and their ...
“Neocolonialism and the Secret Agent of Knowledge” by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak interviewed by Robert Young: Summary and Critique
"Neocolonialism and the Secret Agent of Knowledge" by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak was first published in 1988 in the Oxford Literary ...
“How Do We Write, Now? ” by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Summary and Critique
"How Do We Write, Now?" by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, first published in 2008 in the journal PMLA, has become a ...
“Feminism And Critical Theory ” By Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Summary and Critique
"Feminism and Critical Theory" by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak was first published in 1988 in the journal Feminist Studies ...
“Freedom’s Basis in the Indeterminate” by Homi K. Bhabha: Summary and Critique
"Freedom's Basis in the Indeterminate" by Homi K. Bhabha was first published in 1992 in the esteemed journal October ...
“Can the Subaltern Speak?” by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Summary and Critique
"Can the Subaltern Speak?" by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's was first published in 1988 in journal Marxism and the Interpretation of ...
“Are We Postcolonial? Post-Soviet Space” by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Nancy Condee, Harsha Ram and Vitaly Chernetsky: Summary and Critique
"Are We Postcolonial? Post-Soviet Space" by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Nancy Condee, Harsha Ram, and Vitaly Chernetsky was first published in ...
“Acting Bits/Identity Talk ” by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Summary and Critique
"Acting Bits/Identity Talk" by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak was first published in 1992 in the esteemed journal Critical Inquiry ...
“The Black Savant and the Dark Princess” by Homi K. Bhabha: Summary and Critique
The Black Savant and the Dark Princess by Homi K. Bhabha was first published in 2004 in the journal ESQ: ...
“Signs Taken for Wonders: Questions of Ambivalence and Authority under a Tree Outside Delhi, May 1817” by Homi K. Bhabha: Summary and Critique
"Signs Taken for Wonders: Questions of Ambivalence and Authority under a Tree Outside Delhi, May 1817" by Homi K. Bhabha ...
“Race, Time and the Revision of Modernity” by Homi K. Bhabha: Summary and Critique
Homi K. Bhabha's groundbreaking essay, "Race, Time and the Revision of Modernity," was first published in 1991 in the prestigious ...
“Cosmopolitanism: Reflections at the Commemoration of Ulrich Beck, 30 October 2015” by Homi K. Bhabha: Summary and Critique
"Cosmopolitanism: Reflections at the Commemoration of Ulrich Beck, 30 October 2015" by Homi K. Bhabha was first published in 2016 ...
“Anxiety in the Midst of Difference” by Homi K. Bhabha: Summary and Critique
"Anxiety in the Midst of Difference" by Homi K. Bhabha was first published in 1985 in the journal October ...
“The World and the Home” by Home K. Bhabha: Summary and Critique
"The World and the Home" by Homi K. Bhabha was first published in 1997 as part of the Dangerous Liaisons: ...
“The Beginning of Their Real Enunciation”: Stuart Hall and the Work of Culture: Homi K. Bhabha: Summary and Critique
"The Beginning of Their Own Enunciations: Stuart Hall and the Work of Culture" by Homi K. Bhabha was first published ...
“Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse” by Homi K. Bhabha: Summary and Critique
"Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse" by Homi K. Bhabha was first published in October (Spring 1984), ...
“In Between Cultures” by Homi K. Bhabha: Summary and Critique
"In Between Cultures" by Homi K. Bhabha was first published in 1994 as part of the collection Nation and Narration ...
“Traveling Theory” by Edward W. Said: Summary and Critique
"Traveling Theory" by Edward W. Said was first published in 1983 in the collection, The World, the Text, and the ...
“The Politics of Knowledge” by Edward W. Said: Summary and Critique
"The Politics of Knowledge" by Edward W. Said was first published in 1987 as part of the collection Reflections on ...
“Representing the Colonized: Anthropology’s Interlocutors” by Edward W. Said: Summary and Critique
"Representing the Colonized: Anthropology's Interlocutors" by Edward W. Said was first published in 1982 in the journal Critical Inquiry ...
“An Ethic of Language” by Edward W. Said: Summary and Critique
"An Ethic of Language" by Edward W. Said, first published in 1978 in the journal Critical Inquiry, holds greate significance ...
“The Laugh of the Medusa” by Hélène Cixous: Summary and Critique
"The Laugh of the Medusa" by Hélène Cixous was first published in 1976 in the French feminist journal Signs ...
“Portrait of Dora” by Hélène Cixous and Sarah Burd: Summary and Critique
"Portrait of Dora" by Hélène Cixous and Sarah Burd was first published in the 1980 collection Les nouvelles mythologies ...
“Orientalism Reconsidered” by Edward W. Said: Summary and Critique
"Orientalism Reconsidered" by Edward W. Said was published in 1985 in Cultural Critique in which he revisits the concept of ...
“Michel Foucault As an Intellectual Imagination” by Edward W. Said: Summary and Critique
"Michel Foucault As an Intellectual Imagination" by Edward W. Said was first published in 1972 in the collection boundary 2 ...
“Introduction to Orientalism” by Edward W. Said: Summary and Critique
"Introduction to Orientalism" by Edward W. Said, first published in 1978 in the book titled Orientalism, explores the theme of ...
“We Who Are Free, Are We Free?” by Hélène Cixous and Chris Miller: Summary and Critique
"We Who Are Free, Are We Free?" by Hélène Cixous and Chris Miller is a short essay that explores the ...
“The Book as One of Its Own Characters” by Hélène Cixous: Summary and Critique
"The Book as One of Its Own Characters" by Hélène Cixous was initially published in 1976 within her collection, The ...
“Shakespeare Ghosting Derrida” by Hélène Cixous: Summary and Critique
Hélène Cixous's essay "Shakespeare Ghosting Derrida" was first published in 1997 as part of the collection Ghosting: A Reader on ...
“Castration or Decapitation?” by Hélène Cixous and Annette Kuhn: Summary and Critique
"Castration or Decapitation?" by Hélène Cixous and Annette Kuhn first appeared in the 1981 issue of the feminist journal Signs: ...
“The Subjective Character Of Critical Interpretation” by David Bleich: Summary and Critique
"The Subjective Character of Critical Interpretation" by David Bleich was first published in 1975 within the collection Readings and Feelings ...
“Reading Dissidence” by Alan Sinfield: Summary and Critique
"Reading Dissidence" by Alan Sinfield was first published in 1992 as part of the influential collection "Faultlines: Cultural Materialism and ...
“Professing The Renaissance: The Poetics And Politics Of Culture” By Louis A. Montrose: Summary and Critique
"Professing The Renaissance: The Poetics And Politics Of Culture" by Louis A. Montrose first appeared in 1986 as part of ...
“Beyond The Net: Feminist Criticism As A Moral Criticism” By Josephine Donovan: Summary and Critique
"Beyond The Net: Feminist Criticism As A Moral Criticism" by Josephine Donovan first appeared in the 1983 Winter issue of ...
“Towards A Feminist Poetics” by Elaine Showalter: Summary and Critique
"Towards A Feminist Poetics" by Elaine Showalter was first published in 1979 as part of the collection The New Feminist ...
“Theorizing The Postmodern” by Linda Hutcheon: Summary and Critique
"Theorizing The Postmodern" by Linda Hutcheon was first published in 1989 in the collection "Postmodern Studies" ...
“The Other Question: The Stereotype And Colonial Discourse” by Homi K. Bhabha: Summary and Critique
"The Other Question: The Stereotype And Colonial Discourse" by Homi K. Bhabha first appeared in 1985 in the collection "Nation ...
“Postmodernism, Or The Cultural Logic Of Late Capitalism” by Fredric Jameson: Summary and Critique
"Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism" by Fredric Jameson was first published in 1984 in the collection New ...
“Overlapping Territories, Intertwined Histories” by Edward W. Said: Summary and Critique
"Overlapping Territories, Intertwined Histories" by Edward W. Said first appeared in the 1993 collection Culture and Imperialism ...
“Sexual Politics And Critical Judgment” by Elizabeth A. Meese: Summary and Critique
"Sexual Politics and Critical Judgment" by Elizabeth A. Meese first appeared in the 1985 collection "After Strange Texts." ...
“Conversations” by Hélène Cixous: Summary and Critique
"Conversations" by Hélène Cixous first appeared in the year 1975 as part of her collection The Newly Born Woman (La ...
“Towards A Science Ofthe Text” by Terry Eagleton: Summary and Critique
"Towards A Science Ofthe Text" by Terry Eagleton was first published in 1981 as part of the collection "Walter Benjamin: ...
“The Madness Of Interpretation: Literature And Psychoanalysis” by Shoshana Felman: Summary and Critique
"The Madness of Interpretation: Literature and Psychoanalysis" by Shoshana Felman was first published in 1982 as part of the collection ...
“The Author As Producer” by Walter Benjamin: Summary and Critique
"The Author as Producer" by Walter Benjamin was first published in 1934 as part of the collection Understanding a Work ...
“Poetry, Revisionism, And Repression” by Harold Bloom: Summary and Critique
"Poetry, Revisionism, and Repression" by Harold Bloom, first published in 1973 as a standalone work, stands as a cornerstone of ...
“On Interpretation: Literature As A Socially Symbolic Act” By Fredric Jameson: Summary and Critique
"On Interpretation: Literature As A Socially Symbolic Act" by Fredric Jameson was first published in 1981 as a chapter in ...
“Literary History As A Challenge To Literary Theory” by Hans Robert Jauss: Summary and Critique
"Literary History As A Challenge To Literary Theory" by Hans Robert Jauss, first published in 1969 in the collection The ...
“The Resistance To Theory” By Paul De Man: Summary and Critique
"The Resistance To Theory" by Paul de Man first appeared in 1979 in the collection of essays titled Resistance to ...
“Reading And Identity: A Psychoanalytic Revolution” By Norman N. Holland: Summary and Critique
"Reading and Identity: A Psychoanalytic Revolution" by Norman N. Holland was first published in 1979 in the collection Twentieth-Century Literary ...
“English Poets: The Decline Of Capitalism” By Christopher Caudwell: Summary and Critique
"English Poets: The Decline Of Capitalism" by Christopher Caudwell first appeared in the 1937 collection Illusion and Reality ...
“Critical Realism And Socialist Realism” by Georg Lukacs: Summary and Critique
"Critical Realism and Socialist Realism" by Georg Lukács was first published in the 1938 collection Studies in European Realism ...
“The Problem of Interpretation” by Morse Peckham: Summary and Critique
"The Problem of Interpretation" by Morse Peckham first appeared in 1968 in the collection Twentieth-Century Literary Theory ...
“The Content And Structure Of The Concept Of ‘Literature'” By Yury M. Lotman: Summary and Critique
"The Content And Structure Of The Concept Of 'Literature'" by Yury M. Lotman was first published in 1976 in PTL: ...
“Semiotics As A Theory Of Reading” by Jonathan Culler: Summary and Critique
"Semiotics As A Theory Of Reading" by Jonathan Culler was first published in 1981 as part of the Cornell University ...
“Structuralism And Literary Criticism” by Gerard Genette: Summary and Critique
"Structuralism and Literary Criticism" by Gerard Genette was first published in 1966 as part of the collection Figures III ...
“Literature As Discourse” by Roger Fowler: Summary and Critique
"Literature As Discourse" by Roger Fowler was first published in 1981 as part of the collection Criticism ...
“Linguistics And Poetics” by Roman Jakobson: Summary and Critique
"Linguistics and Poetics" by Roman Jakobson was first published in 1960 as part of the collection A Linguist's Handbook ...
“Definition Of Poetics” by Tzvetan Todorov: Summary and Critique
"Definition of Poetics" by Tzvetan Todorov was first published in 1981 as part of the collection Introduction to Poetics ...
“The Conflict Of Interpretations” by Paul Ricoeur: Summary and Critique
"The Conflict of Interpretations" by Paul Ricoeur was initially published in 1969 as part of the collection Essays in Hermeneutics ...
“The Appeal To The Text: What Are We Appealing To?” By P. D. Juhl: Summary and Critique
"The Appeal To The Text: What Are We Appealing To?" by P. D. Juhl first appeared in 1980 in the ...
“Literary Criticism And Philosophy” by F. R. Leavis: Summary and Critique
"Literary Criticism And Philosophy" by F. R. Leavis was first published in 1937 in the journal Scrutiny ...
“The Relevant Context of a Literary Text” by John M. Ellis: Summary and Critique
"The Relevant Context of a Literary Text" by John M. Ellis first appeared in the 1974 collection The Theory of ...
“The Formalist Critic” by Cleanth Brooks: Summary and Critique
"The Formalist Critic" by Cleanth Brooks was first published in 1947 as part of the influential collection The Kenyon Review ...
“Poetry and Beliefs” by I. A. Richards: Summary and Critique
"Poetry and Beliefs" by I. A. Richards, first published in the year 1932 as part of the collection "Principles of ...
“Aesthetic Function, Norm, And Value As Social Facts” by Jan Mukarovsky: Summary and Critique
"Aesthetic Function, Norm, And Value As Social Facts" by Jan Mukarovsky, first published in 1936 in the collection Structure, Sign ...
“Manners, Morals and the Novel” by Lionel Trilling: Summary and Critique
"Manners, Morals, and the Novel" by Lionel Trilling, first appeared in 1948 in The Kenyon Review, has since become a ...
“Art as Technique” by Victor Shklovsky: Summary and Critique
"Art as Technique" by Victor Shklovsky, first appeared in the 1917 collection A Theory of Prose, introduces the concept of ...
“Word, Dialogue and Novel” by Julia Kristeva: Summary and Critique
"Word, Dialogue and Novel" by Julia Kristeva, first appeared in 1969 in the collection Sémeiotihé, is pivotal in the development ...
“Women’s Time” by Julia Kristeva: Summary and Critique
"Women's Time" by Julia Kristeva first appeared in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society translated by Alice Jardine ...
“The Revolution in Poetic Language” by Julia Kristeva: Summary and Critique
"The Revolution in Poetic Language" by Julia Kristeva was first published in 1974 as La Révolution du langage poétique in ...
“From One Identity to an Other” by Julia Kristeva: Summary and Critique
"From One Identity to an Other" by Julia Kristeva was first published in 1980 as part of her seminal work, ...
“Is There a Feminine Genius?” by Julia Kristeva: Summary and Critique
"Is There a Feminine Genius?" by Julia Kristeva was first published in 1975 as part of the collection "New French ...
“Approaching Abjection” by Julia Kristeva: Summary and Critique
"Approaching Abjection" by Julia Kristeva first appeared in her 1980 collection Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection, translated by ...
“Powers of Horror” by Julia Kristeva: Summary and Critique
"Powers of Horror" by Julia Kristeva was first published in 1980 as "Pouvoirs de l'Horreur: Essai sur l'abjection" in French, ...
“The Order of Discourse” by Michel Foucault: Summary and Critique
"The Order of Discourse" by Michel Foucault was first published in 1971 as "L'Ordre du discours" and later translated into ...
“Language to Infinity” by Michel Foucault: Summary and Critique
"Language to Infinity" by Michel Foucault was first published in 1963 as "La parole vacante" in the French journal Critique, ...
“Of Other Spaces Utopias and Heterotopias” by Michel Foucault: Summary and Critique
"Of Other Spaces Utopias and Heterotopias" by Michel Foucault was first published in 1967 as part of a French journal ...
“Panopticism” by Michel Foucault: Summary and Critique
"Panopticism" by Michel Foucault first appeared in 1975 as part of his book Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the ...
“Who is An Author?” by Michel Foucault: Summary and Critique
"Who is An Author?" by Michel Foucault was first published in 1969 in the French journal Bulletin de la Société ...
“The History of Sexuality” by Michel Foucault: Interview Summary and Critique
"The History of Sexuality" by Michel Foucault: Interview first published in Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews & Other Writings 1972-1977 in 1977, ...
“A Preface to Transgression” by Michel Foucault: Summary and Critique
"A Preface to Transgression" by Michel Foucault, first published in 1963 as part of the collection "Critique et Vérité," translated ...
“The Reality Effect” by Roland Barthes: Summary and Critique
"The Reality Effect" by Roland Barthes first appeared in 1968 as part of the collection "Communications 8: Recherches rhétoriques," translated ...
“Science and Literature” by Roland Barthes: From The Rustle of Language
"Science and Literature" by Roland Barthes: From The Rustle of Language first appeared in 1967 as part of his essay ...
“Mythology Today” by Roland Barthes from The Rustle of Language
"Mythology Today" by Roland Barthes, first published in 1957 as part of the collection Mythologies, was translated into English by ...
“From Work to Text” by Roland Barthes from The Rustle of Language
"From Work to Text" by Roland Barthes was first published in 1971 in the French journal Poétique and was later ...
“White Mythology” by Jacques Derrida: A Critique
"White Mythology" by Jacques Derrida, translated by F. C. T. Moore, was first written in 1971 and later translated into ...
“Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences” by Jacques Derrida: A Critique
"Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences" by Jacques Derrida first appeared in 1967 as a ...
“The Death of the Author” by Roland Barthes: A Critique
"The Death of the Author" by Roland Barthes, first published in 1967 in the collection "Image Music Text," translated by ...
“Force of Law: The “Mystical Foundation of Authority” by Jacques Derrida: A Critique
"Force of Law: The "Mystical Foundation of Authority" by Jacques Derrida first appeared in 1990 in a collection of essays ...
“Author and Hero in Aesthetic Activity” by Mikhail Bakhtin: A Critique
"Author and Hero in Aesthetic Activity" by Mikhail Bakhtin, first published in 1924 and later translated and included in "Art ...
“Art and Answerability” by Mikhail Bakhtin: Critique of the Essay
Art and Answerability by Mikhail Bakhtin, was published in the miscellany Den' iskusstva (The Day of Art) in 1919 and ...
“Differance” by Jacques Derrida: A Critique
"Différance" by Jacques Derrida, a neologism, first appeared in an oral presentation at the Société française de philosophie in 1968 ...
“Signature Event Context” by Jacques Derrida: A Critique
"Signature Event Context" by Jacques Derrida is an influential essay in deconstruction, challenging traditional notions of communication, writing, and context ...
“The Problem of Speech Genres” by Mikhail Bakhtin: A Critique
"The Problem of Speech Genres" by Mikhail Bakhtin, published in 1953 in a larger compilation of his works, is a ...
“The Concept Of The Linguistic Sign” by Ferdinand de Saussure
The Concept of the Linguistic Sign, a fundamental pillar of Ferdinand de Saussure's Course in General Linguistics, published posthumously in ...
“Discourse in the Novel” by Mikhail Bakhtin: Critique of The Essay
"Discourse in the Novel" by Mikhail Bakhtin first appeared in his book, The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays published in 1975 ...
“Apology of Socrates” by Plato: A Critical Analysis
Apology of Socrates" by Plato first appeared around 399 BC, shortly after Socrates' trial and execution ...
“Plot of Tragedy” by Aristotle: Extracts from Poetics
"Plot of Tragedy" by Aristotle is a collection of extracts from VII to XIV from his book, Poetics ...
“Definition of Tragedy” by Aristotle: An Extract from Poetics
"Definition of Tragedy" by Aristotle is an extract from his seminal work Poetics published circa 335 BC ...