Reviews for Falling into Theory: Conflicting Views on Reading Literature

The average rating for Falling into Theory: Conflicting Views on Reading Literature based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-03-10 00:00:00 Thomas Barrett While I enjoyed Richter's introductions to the different sections of the book, and while there were a few theorists/theories that I enjoyed reading, my overall takeaway from this book is that it is out of date. People working in English studies and/or English education today will probably be familiar with many of the ideas and theories present in this collection, or at the very least will not be surprised by many of the ideas the theorists examine. Granted, when this book was originally published in 2000 English studies was not the same as it is today and academia was reorganizing itself after its theory high. For today's English students and teachers, though, so much of the theory present in this book is already incorporated into English classes and scholarly books, making this book itself fairly superfluous and unnecessary.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-08-05 00:00:00 Renee Pickerign What a great collection of essays. I really didn't think I'd enjoy critical theory this much. That being said... most everything since Matthew Arnold has been wrong and was only written because this field values novelty more than truth or rectitude.