Crrritic! Sighs, Cries, Lies, Insults, Outbursts, Hoaxes, Disasters, Letters of Resignation and Various Other Noises Off in These the First and Last Days of Literary Criticism

Oscar Wilde famously spoke of 'the critic as artist,' while Terry Eagleton once celebrated 'the critic as clown.' Crrritic! brings together a range of writings that seek to radically reimagine the often pale figure of the literary critic. In doing so, the reader will glimpse a host of unfamiliar figures from 'the critic as pedestrian,' to 'the critic as suicide,' through 'the critic as revivalist,' and even 'the critic as bodger.' The result is a book that locates the truly critical critic - or, to be paradoxical, the critic as critic; the critic who is a critic of criticism as conventionally understood.