Literary Theory

David Ayers is Reader in Modernism and Critical Theory, and Director of the Centre for Modern Poetry, at the University of Kent. His publications include Wyndham Lewis and Western Man (1992), English Literature of the 1920s (1999) and Modernism: A Short Introduction (2004).

• Introduction. 1. English as a University Subject.2. The New Criticism and Beyond.3. Reconfiguring English Studies.4. The Politics of Theory.5. From Work to Text.6. Enlightenment and Modernity.7. PC Wars.8. Ethics.Notes.Selected Bibliography.Index

"Ayers does a superb job in tracing the many strands of theory … Well written, it displays a wealth of learning and has some beautifully modulated arguments." Times Higher Education Supplement