Title: The failure of theory
First published: 1987
Description: TABLE OF CONTENTS: The Failure of Theory -- Two Case Studies: (i) Catherine Belsey and Classic Realism (ii) The Myth of Terry Eagleton -- On Disagreement and the Public Domain -- Culture and Society in the 1980s -- Utopia and Negativity in Raymond Williams -- Revolutionising the Canon: From Proletarian Literature to Literary Theory -- The Age of Fantasy -- Pilgrim's Progress: The Novels of B.S. Johnson -- Descents into Hell: The Later Novels of Doris Lessing -- Muriel Spark and Her Critics -- Orwell and Burgess: Two versions of Cacotopia -- A Novel for Our Time: V.S. Naipaul's Geurrillas
Subjects: Criticism, Theory, History and criticism, English fiction, History, Histoire et critique, Roman anglais, Englisch, Roman, Critique, Aufsatzsammlung, Literaturkritik, English literature, history and criticism, 20th century, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century
Time periods: 20th century