"Ralph W. Rader's essays are a powerful and coherent expression of an important theory of literature, one still widely accepted. Gathering his work within the covers of a single book, with an authoritative and explanatory introduction by Phelan and Richter, will be of great value in calling renewed attention to Rader's work. The essays chosen by the editors bring to the fore first-rate and original commentary on many well-known works in British and Irish literature. I recommend this book enthusiastically to students as a powerfully argued presentation of a major theory of literature. It is important for serious students and teachers of literature to know how plausible and persuasive this theory is when it is presented in Rader's brilliant and extended expression of it." --J. Hillis Miller, UCI Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Irvine
Ralph W. Rader s essays are a powerful and coherent expression of an important theory of literature, one still widely accepted. Gathering his work within the covers of a single book, with an authoritative and explanatory introduction by Phelan and Richter, will be of great value in calling renewed attention to Rader s work. The essays chosen by the editors bring to the fore first-rate and original commentary on many well-known works in British and Irish literature. I recommend this book enthusiastically to students as a powerfully argued presentation of a major theory of literature. It is important for serious students and teachers of literature to know how plausible and persuasive this theory is when it is presented in Rader s brilliant and extended expression of it. J. Hillis Miller, UCI Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Irvine"