Rita Felski is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English at the University of Virginia and the editor of New Literary History. She is the author of several books, including, most recently, Uses of Literature and Literature after Feminism, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press.
"A major theorist with a lively prose and an equally lively use of
metaphor, Felski has always been where the action is. She has now
written a book that will get all of us to take another look at what
we've been doing. The Limits of Critique will shock some and elate
others. No one will feel neutral, and no one can afford not to read
this book."--Wai Chee Dimock, Yale University
"Felski's prose is bold and engaging throughout, and we are privy
to her dexterous style which successfully surveys an expansive
range of canonical and local critical narratives. . . . Painting a
provocative landscape of contemporary critical practices, The
Limits of Critique will undoubtedly resonate both with readers who
are entrenched in the US culture that Felski describes as well as
those external to it."-- "Textual Practice"
"Felski's punchy colloquial style eases our path . . . and her
footnotes collect any number of easy-to-overlook gems . . .
including not a few from the pages of New Literary History, the
journal she has revived so impressively. . . . Her exasperation
with the histrionics of critique and its bullying of literature is
merited and persuasive."-- "American Literary History Online
Review"
"Rita Felski's The Limits of Critique . . . argues compellingly
that our critical habits have unwittingly become trapped within a
range so pinched we can barely turn our heads to see that there
might be other possibilities available. She offers a nuanced
description of the state of theory-heavy academic literary
critique, and some proposals for how we might finally start to move
beyond it."-- "ArtsATL"
"Timely, well-written, and compelling. This is that rare book that
offers persuasive answers to a question many literary scholars are
asking today, yet also promises to open new conversations that will
continue into the future. The Limits of Critique should be required
reading for all lovers of literature."--Mary Poovey, New York
University
"Some books are so incisive and timely that they seem inevitable. .
. . The Limits of Critique is such a book. By exploring its limits,
Felski frees critics from relying on critique as the gatekeeper of
literary studies and offers a prescient guide to life in a
postcritical world."-- "Los Angeles Review of Books"
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