"A subtle and original take on Adorno's thought, which approaches it from the writing rather than the reading side. We all have much to learn from Helmling-'s brilliant analyses." - Frederic Jameson "With a precision and sensitivity that Adorno would have himself admired, Stephen Helmling provides a nuanced reading of the dialectic of ideas and expression that marked his idiosyncratic variant of Critical Theory. Even seasoned students of the Frankfurt School will find this book an invaluable guide." - Martin Jay, University of California, Berkeley, USA "In Adorno's Poetics of Critique, Steven Helmling extends his brilliant, sustained inquiry into the relationship between Marxist philosophy and the specific styles of its written expression ... Ultimately, Helmling's study, providing a superb reappraisal of Adorno's work, stands also as an original contribution in its own right to the theory of the aesthetic. This is a book for everyone who takes seriously the question of how critique should be written." - Professor James F. English, University of Pennsylvania, USA
