Acknowledgements p. vii
1 Introduction: Theory in(to) Fiction p. 1
2 The Structuralist Novel p. 9
Thru Christine Brooke-Rose
MF Anthony Burgess
The French Lieutenant's Woman John Fowles
How Far Can You Go? David Lodge
3 From Structuralism to Dialogics: David Lodge p. 24
Nice Work; Small World; Thinks... David Lodge
4 The 'Culture Wars' and Beyond: Theory on the US Campus p. 41
Meetings of the Mind David Damrosch
Masterpiece Theatre Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar
The Handmaid of Desire John L'Heureux
The Lecturer's Tale James Hynes
Galatea 2.2 Richard Powers
5 The Vanishing Author p. 59
The Death of the Author Gilbert Adair
Shroud John Banville
Doctor Criminale; My Strange Quest for Mensonge; To the Hermitage Malcolm Bradbury
6 Foucauldian Fictions p. 83
The Biographer's Tale A. S. Byatt
Hallucinating Foucault Patricia Duncker
'Les Secrets d'un homme'; To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life Herve Guibert
The Samurai Julia Kristeva
'When I Met Michel Foucault' Toby Litt
7 Feminism versus Post-structuralism p. 99
Possession A. S. Byatt
Nights at the Circus Angela Carter
8 Criminal Signs: Murder in Theory p. 123
The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco
Death in a Delphi Seminar Norman Holland
Murder at the MLA D. J. H. Jones
The Old Man and the Wolves; Possessions Julia Kristeva
9 The Novel in Hyperreality p. 140
England, England Julian Barnes
Textermination Christine Brooke-Rose
House of Leaves Mark Z. Danielewski
A Jealous Ghost A. N. Wilson
10 Conclusion: Fiction after Theory p. 156
Notes p. 161
Bibliography p. 172
Index p. 181