Jeffrey J. Williams is Professor of English at the University of Missouri, Columbia. His books include Theory and the Novel: Narrative Reflexivity in the British Tradition and, as editor, PC Wars: Politics and Theory in the Academy and The Institution of Literature. He is also the editor of the literary and critical journal The Minnesota Review.

• Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The Talk of Criticism 1 Stanley Agonistes: An Interview with Stanley Fish 2 Writing in Concert: An Interview with Cathy Davidson, Alice Kaplan, Jane Tompkins, and Marianna Torgovnick 3 Only Connect: An Interview with Gerald Graff 4 English in America Revisited: An Interview with Richard Ohmann 5 Between Generations: An Interview with Morris Dickstein 6 New New York Intellectual: An Interview with Louis Menand 7 Canon and Curriculum: An Interview with Paul Lauter 8 Instituting Cultural Studies: An Interview with E. Ann Kaplan 9 Theory into Practice: An Interview with Barbara Foley 10 From the Left: An Interview with Alan Wald 11 Politics and Philosophy: An Interview with Nancy Fraser 12 The Worldly Philosopher: An Interview with K. Anthony Appiah 13 Sedgwick Unplugged: An Interview with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick vii14 Citizen Berlant: An Interview with Lauren Berlant 15 Undisciplined: An Interview with Andrew Ross 16 History and Hope: An Interview with Robin D. G. Kelley About the Editor

"These engaged conversations are extremely well-informed, interesting, readable, and revealing. Critics at Work is a beautifully composed work and both fun and rewarding to read." - Vincent B. Leitch,editor of The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism

Jeffrey J. Williams is Professor of English at the University of Missouri, Columbia. His books include Theory and the Novel: Narrative Reflexivity in the British Tradition and, as editor, PC Wars: Politics and Theory in the Academy and The Institution of Literature. He is also the editor of the literary and critical journal The Minnesota Review.

• Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The Talk of Criticism 1 Stanley Agonistes: An Interview with Stanley Fish 2 Writing in Concert: An Interview with Cathy Davidson, Alice Kaplan, Jane Tompkins, and Marianna Torgovnick 3 Only Connect: An Interview with Gerald Graff 4 English in America Revisited: An Interview with Richard Ohmann 5 Between Generations: An Interview with Morris Dickstein 6 New New York Intellectual: An Interview with Louis Menand 7 Canon and Curriculum: An Interview with Paul Lauter 8 Instituting Cultural Studies: An Interview with E. Ann Kaplan 9 Theory into Practice: An Interview with Barbara Foley 10 From the Left: An Interview with Alan Wald 11 Politics and Philosophy: An Interview with Nancy Fraser 12 The Worldly Philosopher: An Interview with K. Anthony Appiah 13 Sedgwick Unplugged: An Interview with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick vii14 Citizen Berlant: An Interview with Lauren Berlant 15 Undisciplined: An Interview with Andrew Ross 16 History and Hope: An Interview with Robin D. G. Kelley About the Editor

"These engaged conversations are extremely well-informed, interesting, readable, and revealing. Critics at Work is a beautifully composed work and both fun and rewarding to read." - Vincent B. Leitch,editor of The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism

Jeffrey J. Williams is Professor of English at the University of Missouri, Columbia. His books include Theory and the Novel: Narrative Reflexivity in the British Tradition and, as editor, PC Wars: Politics and Theory in the Academy and The Institution of Literature. He is also the editor of the literary and critical journal The Minnesota Review.

• Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The Talk of Criticism 1 Stanley Agonistes: An Interview with Stanley Fish 2 Writing in Concert: An Interview with Cathy Davidson, Alice Kaplan, Jane Tompkins, and Marianna Torgovnick 3 Only Connect: An Interview with Gerald Graff 4 English in America Revisited: An Interview with Richard Ohmann 5 Between Generations: An Interview with Morris Dickstein 6 New New York Intellectual: An Interview with Louis Menand 7 Canon and Curriculum: An Interview with Paul Lauter 8 Instituting Cultural Studies: An Interview with E. Ann Kaplan 9 Theory into Practice: An Interview with Barbara Foley 10 From the Left: An Interview with Alan Wald 11 Politics and Philosophy: An Interview with Nancy Fraser 12 The Worldly Philosopher: An Interview with K. Anthony Appiah 13 Sedgwick Unplugged: An Interview with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick vii14 Citizen Berlant: An Interview with Lauren Berlant 15 Undisciplined: An Interview with Andrew Ross 16 History and Hope: An Interview with Robin D. G. Kelley About the Editor

"These engaged conversations are extremely well-informed, interesting, readable, and revealing. Critics at Work is a beautifully composed work and both fun and rewarding to read." - Vincent B. Leitch,editor of The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism