The Years Work in Critical and Cultural Theory 1992, Volume 2

The Year′s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory is a major annual publication derived from its sister volume The Year′s Work in English Studies . It provides a comprehensive collection of theoretical essays with bibliographies for work published in a given year. Part I begins with a general survey of Critical Theory, devoted to such issues as Postmodernism, Narrativity, The Politics and Ideology of Theory and Criticism, Online Literacy, Education, and Reference. It continues with extensive coverage of work in: Rhetoric and Deconstruction, Semiotics, Hermeneutics, Intertextuality, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Historicism, Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory, Art History, Popular Music, and Media Theory. Part II consists of seven specially commissioned pieces providing a post–Glasnost European perspective, with contributions by: Rainer Emig on the state of Critical and Cultural Theory in Germany Today, Sharon Wood on Feminism and Theory in Italy, Steve Smith on Althusser After Marxism, Anatol V. Lashkevitch on Modern Literary Theories and Russian Cultural Policy, Yury Azarov on Interliterary Communities and the Comparative Study of Literature, Tadeusz Slawek on Hospitality, Closure and Eastern Europe, and Tatyana Stoicheva on Post–1989 Bulgarian Literary Theory and Criticism. Volume 2 evaluates work published in 1992.

Preface. Part I: Critical and Social Theory: . 1. Critical Theory: General: S. Sim (University of Sunderland). 2. Rhetoric and Deconstruction: R. Jarvis (University of the West of England, Bristol). 3. Semiotics: A. Page. 4. Hermeneutics: K. Littau. 5. Intertextuality: G. Allen. 6. Psychoanalysis: V. Lebeau (University of Sussex). 7. Feminism: S. Mills (Loughborough University). with K. Burlinson, A. Sandhu, P. Polkey, J. Goldman, V. Kolocotroni, L. Brimstone and M. Metzstein. 8. Historicism: T. Pinkney (Lancaster University). 9. Colonial Discourse/Postcolonial Theory: P. Williams (Nottingham Trent University). 10. Art History: J. Harris (University of Keele). 11. Popular Music: D. Buckley (Munich). 12. Media Theory: D. Longhurst. Part II: An International Perspective of Critical and Cultural Theory: . 13. Speechless Monads, Power–Free Discourse and Techno Trance: Critical and Cultural Theory in Germany Today: R. Emig. 14. Feminism and Theory in Italy: S. Wood. 15. Althusser After Marxism: S. Smith. 16. Modern Western Literary Theories and Russian Cultural Policy (1930s–1990s): A. V. Lashkevitch. 17. Specific Interliterary Communities and the Comparative Study of Literature: Y. Azarov. 18. Home of Memory: Hospitality, Closure and Eastern Europe: T. Slawek. 19. Post–1989 Bulgarian Literary Theory and Criticism: T Stoicheva. Index to Part I.

Stephen Regan is a member of the Department of English at the Open University.