LRB Collections 8: ‘The Meaninglessness of Meaning’ tote Perry writes

Perry writes

Tony Tanner

South India

perceptive and highly entertaining history of theory

as well as writing many influential essays on the plays – some of which are contained in this volume

LRB Collections 8: ‘The Meaninglessness of Meaning’ tote Perry writesWriting about the theory wars from the London Review of Books Shall I batter the cat, and then stew it, thus turning the cru to the cuit? And when I am had up for cru elty, plead it was only crit? Penny McCarthy Theory is its own language, requiring an act of translation on the critics part. The challenge of writing about it is to respect its rhetorical high wire while at the same time bringing it back to earth, so that its claims can be appraised in