“I don't think theory adds to criticism. (Methodology does, for better or worse.) Theory's function is to make criticism self-conscious, maybe even a little sheepish, about its ex cathedra pronouncements.” ThinkingLittlesDoeSelfTheoryConsciousCriticismFunctionAddExesSelf ConsciousMethodology Author:Paul Fry
“Criticism is concerned with evaluation. There may be evaluative principles implicit in this or that form of theory, but theory in and of itself is not prescriptive.” MayFormPrinciplesTheoryConcernedCriticismEvaluationImplicit Author:Paul Fry
