The Johns Hopkins Guide to
Literary Theory and Criticism, 1st
edition
edited
by Michael Groden and Martin Kreiswirth
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994
"Nothing quite matches this in scope and depth. Taken as a whole, the guide provides a synoptic overview of literary theory from a twentieth-century Western point of view. The articles are succinct and pointed." (Jeffrey R. Luttrell)
"A superlative work of reference
that can be read for information, and not just another
overview. It provides a comprehensive historical survey
of ideas and scholars from Plato to modern times,
examining developments in other disciplines which have
shaped literary theory and criticism." (Shelley Walla)
"An uncommonly absorbing reference book that attempts to map changes wrought by an anxious new worldliness and self-consciousness among scholars, which the term 'theory' connotes. . . . For writers and critics, The Johns Hopkins Guide is a must, but every committed reader will want to own it."." (San Francisco Chronicle)
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