The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism

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The N'prlon Anthology of Theory and Criticism

.William E. Cain, MARY JEWETT

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John McGowan PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH ANI> COMPARATIVE LITERATURE UNIVERSIlY OF NORTH ~ROLINAI ~H~PBL"'ILL

Jeffrey J. Williams' 'ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGl.ISH UNIVERSIlY OF MISSOURI

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INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND CRITICISM

GORGIAS OF LEONTINI (ca. 483-376 D.C.E.) From Encomium of Helen 30' PLATO (ca. 427-ca. 347 D.C.E.) Ion 37 Republic 49 From Book II 49 From Book III 56 From Book VII 64 From Book X 67"" From Phaedrus 81 ARISTOTLE (384-322 D.C.E.) Poetics 90 Rhetoric 11 7 Book I 117 From Chapter 2 117 From Chapter 3 118 Book II 119 From Chapter 1 119 Book III 120 From Chapter 2 120 HORACE (65-8 D.C.E.) Ars Poetica 124

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LONGINUS (first century C.E.) From On Sublimity 138 QUINT'ILIAN (ca. 30/35-ca. 100) Institutio Oratoria" 157 Book 8 157

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PLOTINUS (ca. 204/5-270) 171 Fifth Ennead 174 Eighth Tractate. On the Intellectual Beauty AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354-430) On Christian Doctrine :188 : From Book One 188 From Book Two 188 From Book Three 191 The Trinity 192 Book Fifteen 191 192 Fram Chapter ~ From Chapter 10 193 From Chapter 11 194

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MACROBIUS (b. ca. 360) 196 Commentary on the Dream of Scipio Chapter III 198

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HUGH OF ST. VICTOR (ca. 1097-1141) The Didascalicon 204 From Book One 204 From Book Three 206 Fram Book Five 207 From Book Six 208

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MOSES MAIMONIDES (1135-1204) 211 The Guide of the Perplexed 214 [Introduction to the First Part] 214 GEOFFREY OF VINSAUF (ca. 1200) 226 Poetria Nova 229 I. General Remarks on PoetrylDivisions of the Pres~nt Tre~i:ise From II. Ordering the Material 230 From III. Amplification and Abbreviation 231 From IV. Ornaments of Style 236 THOMAS AQUINAS (1225-1274) Summa Theologica 243 From Question I 243

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DANTE ALiGHIERI (1265-1321) II Convivio ' 249 Book Two 249 , 'Chapter 1 249 From The' Letter to Can Grande

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GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO (1313-1375) 253 Oepealogy of the Gentile Gods 255 Book 14 255 'V. Other Cavillers at the Poets and Their Imputations 255 vB. The D~finitionof,Poetry, Its Origin, and Function 258 XII. The Obscurity of Poetry Is Not Just Cause For Condemning , 'Ii: 260 CHRISTINE DE PIZAN (ca. 1365-ca. 1429) The aook of the City of Ladies 265 , From Part One 265 From Part TWd 269

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GIAMBATTISTA GlRALDI (.504-1573) 271 From pfscourlle on the -Composition or Romances

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JOACHIM DU BELLAY (c:a. 1522-1560)279 The Defence and Illustration of the French Language Book I 281 Chapters I-VII 281 Book It 288 I Chapters III-IV 2~8 PIERRE'DE RONSARD (1524--1585) 291 From A Brief on the Art 'of French Poetry 294 GIACOPO MAZZONI (1548-1598) 299 On the pefense of the Comedy of Dante 302 From I,ntroduction and Summary 302 SIR PHILIP SIDNEY (15~4--1586) An Apology for Poetry" 326

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PIERRE CORNEILLE (1606-1684) 363 Of the Three Unities of Action, Ti~e, and Place JOHN DRYDEN (1631-1700) 319 - From An Essay of Dramatic Poesy 381 383 From ~reface to Troilus lind Cressida From Preface to Sylvae 385 APHRA BEHN (1640-1689) 388 The Du~ch Lover 391 Ept!ltle to the Reader 391 Pr~face to The Luc~Chance 395

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GIAMBAlTISTA VICO (1668-1744) From The New Science 401 JOSEPH ADDISON (1672-1719) The Spectator, No. 62 419 [True and False Wit] 419 The Spectator, No. 412 ' 423 [On the Sublirrtej 423

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EDWARD YOUNG (1683..:.1765)' 426 From' Conjectures on Original Corrtpositiori ALEXANDER POPE (1688-1744) An Essay on Criticisrrt 441

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SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) 458 The Rarrtbler, No.4 462 [On Fiction] 462 The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia 466 Chapter X. IrrtIac's History Continued.' A Dissettation upon.' : Poetry 4Q6 . From Preface to Shakespeare 468 Lives of the English Poets ' 480, . From Cowley 480 [On Metaphysical Wit] 480 DAVID HUME (1711-1776) Of the Standard of Taste

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IMMANUEL' KANT (1724-1804) 499 Critique of Judgrrtent504 From Introduction 504 From Book I. Analytic of the Beautiful From Book II. Analytic of the Sublime

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EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797) 536 A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Out Ideas of the Sublime' and Beautiful 539 Introduction on Taste 539 Part I. Section VlI. Of the Sublirrte 549' Part III. Section XXVII. The Sublirrte and Beautiful Compared 550 GOlTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING (1729'-1781) From Laocoon 554 FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER (1759-1805) On the Aesthetic Education of Man 573 Second Letter 573 Sixth Letter 574 Ninth Letter 579

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MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759-1797) '582; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman ,586 From Chapter II. The Prevailing Opinion of a' S'~jcual Character Discussed 586 GERMAINE NECKER DE STAt;:L (1766-1817) 594 From Essay on Fictions ·597 On Literature Considered in Its Relationship to SoCial Institutions On Women Writers (2.4) 604 . .

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FRIEDRIcH SCHLEIERMACHER (f768 ..... 1834) 610 Hermeneutics 613 ' .. Outline of the 1819 Lectures 613 Introduction 613 Part Two. The Technical Interpretation 623'· GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL (177oi-I831) Phenomenology of Spirit 630 [The Master-Slave Dialectic] 630 Lectures on Fine Art 636 From Introduction 636

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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850) 645 Preface to Lyrical Ballads, with pastoral lind Other Poems (1802) SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (i 772-1834) From The Statesman's Manual 672 Biographia Literaria 674 Part I 674 From Chapter 1 674 From Chapter 4 675 From Chapter 13 676 Part II 677 Chapter 14 677 THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK (1785-1866) The Four Ages of Poetry 684

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PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (.1792-1822) 695 From A Defence of Poetry, or Reniarks Suggested by an Essay Entitled "The Four Ages of Poetry" 699 . RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) From The American Scholar 721 The Poet 724 EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) The Philosophy of Composition

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THEOPHILE GAUTIER (1811-1872) 750 From Preface to Mademoiselle de Maupin 753

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KARL MARX and FRIEDRICH ENGELS (1818-1883) (1820-1895) 759 From Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 764 From The German Ideology 767 From The Communist Manifesto 769 From Grundrisse 773 From Preface t~ A Contribution to the Critiq~ of Political ".' Economy 774 Capital, Volume 1 776 From Chapter 1. ~ommodities 776 From Chapter 10~ The Working-Day 783 From Letter from Friedrich Engels to Joseph Bloch 787 CHARLES BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867) 789 The Painter of Modern Life 792 From I. Beauty, Fa:shion, and Happiness 792 From III. The Artist, Man of the World, Man of the CrQwd, and, . Child 793 . IV. Modernity 796 From IX. The Dandy 798 XI. In Praise of Cosmetics 800 MATTHEW ARNOLD (1822-1888) 802 The Function of Criticism at the Present Time Culture and Anarchy 825 From Chapter 1. Sweetness and Light 825 WALTER PATER (I839-l894) 833 Studies in the History ot the Renaissance Preface 83.5 Conclusion 839 STEPHANE MALLARME (1842-1898) Crisis in Poetry 845 HENRY JAMES (1843-1916) The Art of Fiction 855 .

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FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (1844-1900) 870 On Truth and ~ying in a Non-Mora:l Sense 874 From The Birth of Tragedy 884 OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900) 895 Preface to The PiCture of Dorian Gray From The Critic as Artist . 900

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SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939) 913 The Interpretation of Dreams 919 From Chapter V. The Material and Sources of Dreams From Chapter VI. The Dream-Work .923

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The "Uncanny" 929 Fetishism 952 FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE (1857-1913) 956 Course in General Linguistics 960 Introduction 960 Chapter III. The Object of Linguistics 960 Part One. General Principles 963 Chapter I. Nature of the Linguistic Sign 963 Part Two. Synchronic Linguistics 966 Chapter IV. Linguistic Value 966 Chapter V. Syntagmatic and Associative Relations W. E. B. DU BOIS {I 868-1963) Criteria of Negro Art 980

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CARL GUSTAV JUNG (l875-1961) 987 On the I:l.elation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry LEON TROTSKY (1879-1940) 1002 Literature and Revolution 1005 The F6rm~list School of Poetry and Marxism VIRGINIA-WOOLF (1882-1941) A Room of One's Own 1021 [ Sha~espeare's Sister] 1021 [Chloe Liked Olivia] 1023 [Androgny] 1025 GYORGY LUKACS (1885-1971) Realism in the Balance 1033

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T. S. ELIOT (1888-1965) 1088 Tradition and the Individual Talent The Metaphysical Poets 1098 JOHN CROWE RANSOM (1888-1974) Criticism, Inc. 1108 MARTIN HEIDEGGER (1889-1976) Language 1121

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BORIS EICHENBAUM (1886-1959) 1058 From The Theory of the "Formal Method" 1062

ANTONIO GRAM SCI (1891-1937) The Formation of the Intellectuals

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ZORA NEALE HURSTON (1891-1960) 1144 Characteristics of Negro Expression 1146 What White Publishers Won't Print 1159 WALTER BENJAMIN (1892-1940) 1163 The Work of Art in the Age ,of Mechanical Reproduction MIKHAIL M. BAKHTIN (1895-1975) From Discourse in the 'Novel' 1190

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MAX HORKHEIMER and THEC)OOR AboRNO (1895-1973)' (19lh-1969) 1220 Dialectic of Enlightenment 1223 From The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass' Deception 1223 EDMUND WILSON (1895-1972) Marxism and Literature" 1243

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ROMAN jAKOBSON (1896-1982) '1254 From Linguistics and Poetics 1258 ' Two Aspects of Language and Two Types'of Aphasic Disturbances 1265 V. The Metaphoric and Metonymic Poles 1265 KENNETH BURKE (1897-1993) Kinds of Criticism 1272

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JACQUES LACAN (1901-1981) , 1278 . ' The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the ~ as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience 12B~; '... From The Agency of the Letter in the Unconscious 1290 The Signification of the Phallus; 1302 LANGSTON HUGHES (1902-1967) 1311 The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain

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GEORGES POULET (1902-1991) 1317 Phenomenology of Reading 1320

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JEAN-PAUL SARTRE (1905-1980) What Is Literature? 1336 Why Write? 1336

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CLEANTH BROOKS (1906-1994) 1350 The Well Wrought Urn 1353 Chapter 11. The Heresy of Paraphrase, The Formalist Critics 1366

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'WILLIAM K. WIMSATI JR. and MONROE C. BEARDSLEY (1907-1975) (1915-1985) The Intentional Fallacy 1374 The Affective Fallacy 1387

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SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR (1908-1986) 1403 The Second Sex 1406 Chapter XI. Myth and 'Reality 1406 . CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS (b. 1908) Tristes Tropiques 1419 Chapter 28. A Writing Lesson ,

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NORTHROP FRYE (1912-1991),. f442 I .. The Archetypes of Literature 1445 ROLAND BARTHES (I9f5-1980) 1457 Mythologies 1461 Soap-powders and Detergents 1461 The Brain of Einstein 1462 Photography and Electoral Appeal 1464 The Death of the Author 1466 From Work to Text 14: 7Q ;

LOUIS ALTHUSSER (1918-1990). 1476 , A Letter on Art in Reply to Andri'Dasp~e; " J 480 From Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses

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PAUL,DE MAN .(19J 9-1983) 1509 Semiology and Rhetoric 1514 The Return to Philology, 1527

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RAYMOND WILLIAMS (1921-1988),' 1 1565,;; : Marxism and Literature 1567 Part 1. Chapter 3. Literature, . 1567, FRANTZ FANON (1925-1961) 1575 The Wretched of the Earth 1 578 From The Pitfalls of National Consciousness From On National Culture 1587

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GILLES DELEUZE and FELIX GUATIARI (1925-1995) (1930-1992) 159~ Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature 1598 Prom Chapter 3. What Is a Minor Literature? 1598 A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia 1601 Prom Introduction: Rhizome 1601 JEAN-FRANQOIS LYOTARD (1925-1998) Defining the Postmodern 1612

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MICHEL FOUCAULT (1926-1984) 1615 What Is an Author? 1622 Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison 1636 The Carceral 1636 The History of Sexuality, Volume I, An Introduction 1648 Part Two: The Repressive Hypothesis 1648 Chapter 1. The Incitement to Discourse 1648 Chapter 2. The Perverse Implantation 1659 Prom Truth and Power 1667 WOLFGANG ISER (b. 1926) 1670 Interaction between Text and Reader E. D. HIRSCH JR. (b. 1928) Objective Interpretation

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HAYDEN WHITE (b. 1928) 1709 The Historical Text as Literary Artifact

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JEAN BAUDRILLARD (b~ 1929) 1729 Prom The Prece'ssion of Simulacra .. 1732 JORGEN HABERMAS (b. 1929) 1741 The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An· Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society 174'5 Prom Part II. Social Structures of the Public Sphere 1745· Modernity-An Incomplete Project 1748 ADRIENNE RICH (b. 1929) 1759 Prom Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence CHINUA ACHEBE (b. 1930) 1781 An Image of Africa: RaCism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness

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HAROLD BLOOM (b. 1930) 1794 The Anxiety of Influence 179,( Introduction. A Meditation upon Priority, and a Synopsis 1797 Interchapter. A Manifesto for Antithetical Criticism 1804 PIERRE BOURDIEU (b. 1930) 1806 Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste Introduction 1809 .

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JACQUES DERRIDA (1930-2004) 1815 Of Grammatology 1822 Exergue 1822 The Exorbitant. Question of Method 1824 Dissemination 1830 Plato's Pharmacy 1830 I I. Pharmacia 183 1 2. The Father of Logos 1839 4. The Pharmakon 1846 5. The Pharmakeus 1863 II

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BARBARA HERRNSTEIN SMITH (b. 1932) 1910 Contingencies of Value 1913 Chapter 3. Contingencies of Value i913 FREDRIC JAMESON (b. 1934) 1932 .... The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a gOciaIIy Symbolic Act 1937 Preface 1 937 Fron-. Chapter 1. On Iriterpretation: Literature as a Socially Symbolic Act 1941 Postmodernism and Consumer Society 1960 GERALD VIZENOR (b. 1934) 1975 Manif~st Manners: Postindian Warriors of Survivance From Chapter 1. Postindian Warriors 1977 EDWARD W. SAID (1935-2003) Orienialism 1991 Introduction 1991 MONIQUE WITTIG (b. 1935) One Is Not Born a Woman

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HELENE CIXOUS (b. 1937) The Laugh of the Medusa

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GERALD GRAFF (b. 1937) Taking Cover in Coverage

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STANLEY E. FISH (b. 1938) Interpreting the Variorum

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TZVETAN TODOROV (b. 1939) Structural Analysis of Narrative

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PAULA GUNN ALLEN (b. 1939) 2106 Kochinnenako in Academe: Three Approaches to .h;lterpreting a Keres Indian Tale . ;2108 JANE TOMPKINS (b. 1940) 2126 Me and My Shadow 2129

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GLORIA ANZALDUA (b. 1942) 2208 Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza 2211 Chapter 7. La conciencia de la mestiZa: Towards a New Consciousness 2211HOUSTON A. BAKER JR. (b. 1943) 2223 Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature: A Vernacular Theory 2227 Introduction 2227

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TERRY EAGLETON (b. 1943) ·2240· Literary Theory: An Introduction 2243 From Chapter I. The Rise of English 2243 STEPHEN GREENBLATT (b. 1943) 2250' Introduction to The Power of Fonns in the English Renaissance

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DONNA HARAWAY (b. 1944) 2266 A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science; Technology, and Socialist FefI1inism in the 1980s 2269

• BARBARA SMITH (b. 1946) 2299 Toward a Black Feminist Criticism . 2302 BARBARA JOHNSON (h.; 1947) 2316·· ; ... From Melville's Fist: The Exe"utiOll dfBillyBudd

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BONNIE ZIMMERMAN (b. 194.7) 2338 . What Has Never Been: Ari'Ovefvie~ of Lesbian Fe~inist Literary Criticism 2340 . .~.\ ';.

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LENNARD J. DAVIS (b. 1949) 2398 Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body 2400 _ .. From Visualizing the Disabled Body: The Classical Nude and the Fragmented Torso 2400 HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. (b. 1950) 2421 Talking Black: Critical Signs of the Times 2424 EVE KOSOFSKY SEDGWICK (b. 1950) 2432 Between Men: English Literature and Male HomosociaI Desire From Introduction 2434 Epistemology of the Closet 2438 From Introduction: Axiomatic 2438 DICK HEBDIGE (b. 1951) 2445 Subculture: The Meaning of Style 2448 Chapter I. From Culture to Hegemony

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STEVEN KNAPP and WALTER BENN MICHAELS (b. 1951) (b. 1948) Against Theory 2460 . BELL HOOKS (b. Gloria Je~n Watkins, 1952) Postmodern Blackness 2478 JUDITH BUTLER (b. 1956) 2485 Gender Trouble 2488 From Preface 2488 From Chapter 3. Subversive Bodily Acts

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STUART MOULTI-IROP (b. 1957) 2502 You Say You Want a Revolution? Hypertext and the Laws of Media 2504

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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THEORY CRITICISM I. Theory and Criticism Bibliographies 2525 II. Anthologies of Theory and Criticism 2525 III. Histories of Criticism and Theory 2528 IV. Glossaries, Encyclopedias, amJ-Handbooks 2532 V. Introductions and Guides 2532 VI. Modern and Contemporary Critical Schools and Mo~ements Permissions Acknowledgments Author/Title Index 2561 Subject index 2565

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DECONSTRUCTION AND POSTSTRUCTURALISM Roland Barthes 1457 Jean Baudrillard 1729 Homi K. Bhabha 2377 Judith Butler 2485 Helene Cixous 2035 Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari 1593 Paul de Man I 509 Jacques Derrida 18 15 Michel Foucault 1615 Barbara Johnson 2316 Julia Kristeva 2165 Jacques Lacan 1278 FEMINIST THEORY AND CRITICISM Paula Gunn Allen 2106 Simone de Beauvoir 1403 Susan Bordo 2360 xxi

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STRUCTURALtSM ANb SEMIbTICS louis· Althusser 1476 Roland B~rthes 1457 Northrop Frye 1442 Roman Jakobson 1254 Claude Levi,Strauss 1415 Ferdinand de Saussure 956 Tzvetan Todorov 2097 Hayden White 1709

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POETRY Harold Bloom 1794 Giovanni Boccaccio 253 T. S. Eliot 1088 717 Ralph Waldo Emerson Geoffrey of Vinsauf 226 Horace 121 Roman Jakobson 1254 Julia Kristeva 2165 841 Stephane Mallarme 299 Giacopo Mazzoni

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Thomas Love Peacock 682 Edgar Allan Poe 739 Pierre de Ronsard 291 Percy Bysshe Shelley 695 Sir Philip Sidney 323 Giambattista Vico 399 William Wordsworth 645 POPULAR CULTURE Roland Barthes 1457 Charles Baudelaire 789 Simone de Beauvoir 1403 Walter Benjamin 1163 Susan Bordo 2360 Donna Haraway 2266 Dick Hebdige 2445 Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno Fredric Jameson 1932 Laura Mulvey 2179 Richard Ohmann 1877

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Judith Butler 2485 H~lene Cixous 2035 Sandra M. Gilbert arid Susan Gubar Donna Haraway 2266 Annette Kolodny 2143 Laura Mulvey 2179 Adrienne Rkh -1759 Jane Tompkins 2126 Monique Wittig 2012 Virginia Woolf 1017

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FORMALISM Cleanth Brooks 1350 Kenneth Burke 1269. Boris Eichenbaum 1058 T. S. Eliot 1088 John Crowe Ransom 1105 William K. Wimsatt Jr. and Monroe C. Beardsley

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GAY AND LESBIAN CRITICISM AND QUEER THEORY Gloria Anzaldlla 2208 Judith Butler 2485 Adrienne Rich 1759 Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 2432 Barbara Smith 2299 Monique Wittig 2012 Bonnie Zimmerman 2338 MARX]SM Louis Althusser 1476 Walter Benjamin 1163 Antonio Gramsci 1135 Stuart Hall 1895 Donna Haraway 2266 Dick Hebdige 2445 Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno Fredric Jameson 1932 Gyorgy Lukacs 1030 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 2 I 93 Leon Trotsky 1002 Raymond Williams 1 565 Edmund Wilson 1240 NEW HISTORICISM Michel Foucault 16 15 Stephen Greenblatt 2250 Steven Knapp and Walter Benn Michaels Hayden White 1709

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---+--r----'----,--,-----,-Preface The most wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of its kind, The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism offers one or more selections from 148 figures, representing major developments from ancient to recent times, from Gorgias and Plato to bell hooks, Judith Butler, and Stuart Moulthrop. In contrast to comparable anthologies, it provides generous selections from previously underrepresented fields, such as rhetoric, medieval theory, and,criticism by women and people of color, along with a' full complement of works from canonical figures such as Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx,-Cleanth Brooks, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Michel Foucault; From'canonical authors, it includes classic texts as wen as selections' newly revalued. The standard works of Westein theory and criticism from the ancient Greeks to the present are represented, as are texts from "forgotten" figures such as Moses Maimonides, FriedrichSchleiermacher, and Frantz Fanon. The anthology is particularly rich in modern and contemporary theory,-providing materials from 93 writers and covering all the main schools and movements; ranging from Marxism; psychoanalysis, and formalism to poststructuralism; cultural studies, race and ethnicity studies, and many more. We have'alsodrawn from vital minor currents, including body studies, media theory; theory of national literature and institutional analysis and history. This anthology consolidates the many gains won through the expansion 'of theory in recent, decades. In view of current changes, it is worth pausing for a moment to reconsider the configuration and meaning of "theory" itself. Today the term encoihpasses significant works not only of poetics, theory of criticism, and aesthetics as of old, hut also of rhetoric, media and discourse 'theory; semiotics; race and ethnicity theory, gender theory, and visual and:popular cult:tfre theory. But theory in its newer sense' means still more' than, this broadly expanded body of topics and texts. It entails a mode, of questioning and analysis that goes beyond the earlier New Critical research into the -"literariness" of literature. Because of the effects of poststructuralism, cultural studies, and the new social movements, especially the 'women's and civil rights movements, theory now entails skepticism toward' systems; institutions, and norms; a readiness to take critical stands and to engage in resistance; an interest in blind spots, contradictions, and distortions (often discovered to be ineradicable); and a habit, of linking local 'and 'personal practices to the larger economic, political,' historical, and ethical forces of culture. This theory-or "cultural critique,", as it is more deSCriptively termed..:!-is less concerned with elaborating conditions: of'possibility, as is Kantian critique, than with investigating and criticizing values, practices; categories, and representations embedded in cultural texts and surrounding institutions. To an earlier generation, such theory looks like advocacy rather xxxiii

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than a disinterested, objective inquiry into poetics and the history of)iterature. This revealing fault Hne that divides traditionalist literary critics from large numbers of contemporary theorists is perhaps today's version of the old Renaissance and neoclassical battles between the ancients and the moderns. The Table of Contents list figures and texts in chronological order. An Alternative Table of Contents recasts the 'chronological order, providing lists of figures in four categories commonly used iii studying theory: schools and movements; major genres; historical periods; and key issues and topics. Additional ways of organizing the history and subject matter of theory and criticism are possible; the Alternative Table of Contents is meant to be suggestive and not comprehensive. Other figures in the anthology could he included in the existing categories. We decided against combining proponents and opponents in the popular schools and movements categories,. as is sometimes done. Thus, for example, neither Leon Trotsky nor ·Mikhail Bakhtin appear under "Formalism" as its most celebrated critics. To list together antagonists and advocates would have created confusion and urtduly multiplied the number of figures in our categories. Within each school and movement, of course, readers will encounter differences and disputes. One of the risks of the categories we employ in the Alternative Table of Contents is that their groupings of figures and topics from different periods and moments unavoidably deemphasize historical conflicts, evolution, and differences. That .noted, the editors hope our readers find the Alternative Table of Contents suggestive and useful. Many ways of configuring !;he materials in the anthology are outlined in M. Keith Booker's manual for instructors, Teaching with "The Norton Anthology oJ Theory and Criticism"; A Guide for Instructors, a rich source of planning options, classroom 'strategies, and examination and discussion questions. The Introduction to Theory and Criticism that follows the two Tables of Contents consists of fifteen brief, semiautono.moussections that introduce students to the field of theory through its main historical periods, its major modern .and contemporary schools and movements, its perennial issues and problems, and its key terms. We are aware of no source offering students II quicker, more wide-ranging, or more lucid bird's-eye view of the history and nature of the ·field. Sections have been subtitled for easy reference in making assignments and in following the trajectory of the discussion. Each selection in the anthology is fully annotated so that students may focus on the texts and not have to consult reference sources for basic information. Headnotes to. each figure cover a range of topics. To begin with, they provide helpful biographical information and historical background. They discuss' sources and critical receptions as well as the relevance of the selections for theoretical questions. They highlight each selection's main arguments, where necessary definihg key terms and concepts and pointing out related perennial problems in the field. They regularly refer to other works by the authors and note problems identified by later critics. They position the authors in relation to other figures in the anthology, picturing the history of theory not as a string of isolated pearls but as a mosaic in which each work fits into larger frames of ongoing discussions and arguments. Finally, an annotated selected bibliography is given for each figure, covering main texts and editions, biographical sources (when available), the best secondary sources and criticism, and bibliographies related to the author's works (where available).

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In choosing the selections the editors have been guided by a range of criteria. We have looked ,for readable and teachable texts that reflect the scope of the history of theory ..This dO,es not mean, however, that challenging and difficult texts are missing. We have favored complete works and selfcontained excerpts; snippets are the exception. Yet in a number of cases we have edited texts to focus on topics germane to the field and to save time, space for'other selections, and the energy of readers. We have sought out the best editions and translations; for Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Kant, and Hegel, we introduce new, highly regarded translations. From the outset we have fol1owed the practice that no figure or selection could make it into the anthology without the agreement of at least half the editors. We have also made quite a few selections with an eye topai,ring or triangulating-for example, we chose the famous closing section on writing from Plato's Phaedrus, having in mind Derrida's landmark critique of that text in his Dissemination. When they occur, such fruitful counterpoints are indicated in the headnotes and in the Alternative Table of Contents. Of course, innumerable combinations and permutations are possible, and our accounts cannot be exhaustive. But we have noted typographically all cross-references in the headnotes and footnotes by putting in ~mall capitals the names of theorists and critics appearing in the anthology. While we have privileged standard works and contemporary classics of theory, we have also sought to resurrect forgotten texts and to discover overlooked gems; We believe you will be pleasantly surprised. . The Selected Bibliography of Theory a~d Criticism at the end of the anthology is the most comprehensive one in existence, containing works through the close of the twentieth century. It lists leading English-language sources in six main categories: Theory and Criticism Bibliographies; Anthologies of Theory and Criticism; Histories of Criticism and Theory; specialized Glossaries, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks; Introductions and Guides; and Modern and Contemporary Critical Schools and Movements. We have divided the three longest of these parts into convenient subcategories: into historical period in the lists both of anthologies and of histories ofcriticism and into sixteen autonomous profiles in the schools and movements section. To make the bibliography of schools and movements most useful to students, we have organized and briefly annotated the sources in short essa)'Sl"rather than lists, presenting each of the sixteen profiles in a five-paragraph format: (1) groundbreaking texts; (2) introductions, overviews, and histories; (3) anthologies and readers; (4) school- or movement-specific reference works (handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.); and (5) "crossover texts." This last category attests to the increasing frequency with which contemporary works of theory are not limited to one or two domains of influence. It can be argued that in recent years many of the most innovative writings have been hybrid, crossover texts, mixing and matching strands from numerous schools and movements, and we have sought to illustrate this significant trend judiciously. In putting this anthology together, we have faced a number of challenges. One difficulty was coping with the impossibility of including every significant theorist. Our original list of 250 figures had to be shortened to 148: even a very long book such as this one imposes limits. A few of the lengthiest selections-by Longinus, John Dryden, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Adrienne Rich, for instance-had to be trimmed, and each editor had favorite figures

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dropped. The enclosure of post-World War II theorY in the university and its I increased professionalization have meant that contemporary nonacademic critics, literary journalists, and writers' have' been largely excluded from the theory canon-a trend slowly being reversed, we hope. Theory'remains resolutely Eurocentric, but we 'look forward to a tim~.when;it.'wil1 go global. Our Selected, Bibliography posed its ,own' nagging: challenges. of iriclusion. and exclusion. To cite just one case, we had to be rigorously selective in'the category of guides and introductions to theory, since there ar~ so many 'available. We trust we have not missed any major ,'resources. Our.Subject Index errs on the side of fullness; we calculated that this would help more than hinder the reader seeking assistance. ' ' The editors of this anthology were selected because of their, scholarly expertise. They combine knowledge, of canonical works with awareness of contemporary trends and extensive experience as' teachers.,' Each was involved in constructing the anthology's contents and design, and each was responsible for refining selections, drafting headnotes, compiling bibliographies, and editing one another's work. In preparing the volume the editors have incurred obligations to many colleagues, whom we thank separately in the Acknowledgments. With their help, we believe we have made this a readable and teachable anthology replete with significant texts for our contemporaries, meaningful in the context of the history of theory, and able to enlighten and challenge today's students. :,'

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(University of Oklahoma), R. Allen Shoaf (University of Florida), Brigid Slipka (Kenyon College), the late Michael Sprinker (State University of New York at Stony Brook), Peter Struck (Ohio State Uriiversity), Gregory Ulmer (University of Florida), Steven Ungar (University of Iowa), H. Aram Veeser (City College of New York), Alan R. Velie (University of Oklahoma), Jerry W. Ward Jr. (Tougaloo College), Robyn R. Warhol (University of Vermont), Michael Warner (Rutgers University), Joel Weinsheimer (University of Minnesota at Twin Cities), Kathleen Welch (University of Oklahoma), Saranya Wheat (Kenyon College), Robyn Wiegman (Duke University), Martha Woodmansee (Case Western Reserve University), and Duncan Wu (Oxford University). Several global readings of the Selected· Bibliography of Theory and Criticism were provided by David Gorman (Northern Illinois University) and Wallace Martin (University of Toledo). We are particularly in the.debt of Professor Martin, who graciously shared his own abundant bibliographic research on the history of theory and criticism. All of these colleagues have helped make this anthology possible, and with much gratitude we thank them for their valuable time and effort. We single out Richard Dienst, David Gorman, ·Martin Irvine, John Kirby, and Donald Marshall for substantiaFcoiltributions to this text. M.Keith Booker (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville) has written a highly useful instructor's manual, Teaching with "The Norton Anthology oj Theory and Criticism'!: A Guide for Instructors, which we strongly recommend to teachers. His contribution extended beyond the manual to text selections, headnotes, and bibliographical items. The general editor thanks the editors, who have beenpassionately engaged in every facet of this work. It has been a wonderful collaboration. The editors in turn would like to thank Vincent Leitch for his inspiration, guidance, and tireless work on this project from beginning to end. At W. W. Norton, our editor, Peter Simon, guided this anthology with great professional care. Our exceptional copyeditor, Alice Falk, made significant contributions throughout this project, and Marian Johnson and Isobel Evans, managing editor and assis~nt editor, respectively, kept the complex publishing process moving smoothly. We thank them all. . We appreciate our supportive home universities, especially the libraries at Harvard University, Kenyon College, the University of Missouri, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Oklahoma, and Wellesley College. Thanks are also due our research assistants. ·In this regard the editors would like to thank Jeremy Countryman, Mary DiLucia, Melissa Feuerstein, Bill Johnson Gonzalez, Tina Hall, Heidi Lynn Kyser-Genoist, Eric Leuschner, Lilian Porten', Marjut Ruti, Maggie Schmitt, and Mary Schwartz. The general editor would also like to acknowledge Christine Braunberger- and Mitchell R. Lewis: the former designed the template of our schools and movements bibliographies, while the latter played an active .role in every aspect of the .project over a period of three years. We would also like to extend a personal thanks to friends and families.

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parative field whose practitioners examine,. formulate, and assess all manner of theories and problems related to the study of literature and culture. In addftion, students'new to critiCism and theory Will encounter a rich array of technical terms and concepts, .critical approaches and schools, and literary and cultural theories and theorists. From signifier to deconstruction to cultural studies, .from Kant to F'oucault, the field/of theory and criticism is marked by a multitude of signposts sometimes unfamiliar to even the most widely read students. In this introduction as well as in the headpotes to each author, we help students make sense· of this corIiIiIe,x;ppt)-¢.ward,ing field. We begin the introduction by surveying an array of notable answers to two central questions-what is interpretation'? and what Is1iterature?~in order to establish our bearings. Shifting direction, we then survey the historical devel0Plllent of theory and criticism, from the. cla~s~caJ. to. the .nomantic,after which we provide brief overYiews of major schoot~,and, r:nov:el:neI;lts of the last century. Alongthe way, we discuss many ofthethe.~f.i;sts·i~:this amhology, explain perennial problems and issues, d.efine key concepts and t~rms, and illuminate the unde,rl}rfng structure of ~hefieId 'of theory aiic:lcrltidsm, including its most sigiiifica~ conflic::ts. ...,. . ".' . j'

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Within th~ field of theory and criticism, .various terms 'a~d' concepts are applied to the encounter between the' re'ader a~d the 'text: '(hi~. tra~saction which we will provlsionally call "reading" or, "~nterpretati9n,';'i:ypicalIy in~ volv~s such activit~es as persona. response, llP.predation, evaluation, 'historical reception, explication, ~egesis, aiid ~ritiqU:~.N