The Institution of Theory

Originally published in 1994. In The Institution of Theory, Murray Krieger examines, at once sympathetically and critically, the process by which theory has become institutionalized in the American academy and the consequences of theory as an academic institution. He traces the transformation of lit...

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Main Author: Krieger, Murray (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2019
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