Williams, Jeffrey J. "Why Today's Publishing World Is Reprising the Past." CHRONICLE REVIEW June 13, 2008.

Literary theory seems caught in a holding pattern. Instead of the heady manifestoes and rampant invention of the late 1960s through the early 80s, it has turned retrospective. This turn says something about the state of literary criticism, as well as the humanities and the university today. . . . Read the rest here: http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=8hbhvkhkg8qnl8nckpyhmx33bqptvlg3.