Introduction: In the Beginning
Good Style, Bad Content, No Philosophy: The Initial Reviews
The Development of In-Depth Criticism, 1947-1961
The Hemingway Industry Takes Off:The 1960s and Early 1970s
Critical Theories Take Hold: The Mid-1970s to Mid-1980s
More Theories, Many Gendered, Some Psychological: The Mid-1980s to Mid-1990s
The Continued Proliferation of Theory, 1995-2009
Summary, but No End, No Conclusion
Works Cited
Index

PETER HAYS is professor emeritus of English at the University of California, Davis.