num_pages: 2624
description: This anthology of critical writing (2624 pp. + XXXVIII) ranges from Gorgias and Plato to Sigmund Freud and Mikhail Bakhtin. Each of the 147 contributions has a headnote introducing the writer and making connections to other critics, theorists and movements. An introduction surveys the history of theory and criticism.
language: English
title: The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism
titlecomplete: The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism
genres: Academic, Essays, Philosophy, Reference, Literature, Criticism, Theory, Anthologies, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 2061
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company