Download or read book Critical Theory Since Plato written by Hazard Adams and published by Wadsworth Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CRITICAL THEORY SINCE PLATO is a chronologically-arranged anthology that presents a broad survey of the history and development of literary criticism and theory in Western culture. Written by two well-known scholars in the field of literary study, this well-respected text puts an emphasis on the individual contributors to the development of literary criticism, from Plato and Aristotle to the present.