Critical Inquiry is a peer-reviewed journal in the humanities published out of the University of Chicago. It is considered a leading journal within literary studies, and particularly in the field of critical theory. A peer-reviewed journal is an academic periodical that has some sort of peer review process to ensure its accuracy. ... The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ... The University of Chicago is a private university primarily located in the Hyde Park neigborhood of Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1890, doors opened in 1892. ... In the humanities and social sciences, critical theory has two quite different meanings with different origins and histories, one originating in social theory and the other in literary criticism. ...

The journal was founded in 1974 by Wayne Booth and Sheldon Sacks, and is currently edited by W. J. T. Mitchell. The journal has been the site of a number of important debates within literary studies. It was where Stanley Fish published his article "Interpreting the Variorum", in which he proposed his idea of interpretive communities, as well as where M. H. Abrams and J. Hillis Miller had a well-known debate about deconstruction. It was also where Jacques Derrida published his essay in memory of Paul DeMan, which many read as being a defense of DeMan's anti-semetic writings during World War II. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Wayne C. Booth (February 22, 1921 - October 10, 2005) is an American literary critic. ... W.J.T. Mitchell is a professor of English and Art History at the University of Chicago. ... Stanley Fish (born 1938) is a prominent literary theorist. ... Interpretive communities are a theoretical concept stemming from reader-response criticism and invented by Stanley Fish. ... Meyer Howard Abrams Meyer (Mike) Howard Abrams (born July 23, 1912) is an American literary critic, known for works on Romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp. ... J. Hillis Miller is an American deconstructive literary critic. ... The term deconstruction was coined by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in the 1960s and is used in contemporary humanities and social sciences to denote a philosophy of meaning that deals with the ways that meaning is constructed and understood by writers, texts, and readers. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Paul de Man (1919-1983) was a deconstructive literary critic and theorist. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ...

The journal is known for having a particularly well-known set of editors and editorial board, including Lauren Berlant, Bill Brown, and Arnold Davidson as editors, and Stanley Fish, Fredric Jameson, Homi Bhabha and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Edward Said was on the editorial board until his death. Lauren Berlant is Professor of English at the University of Chicago. ... Bill Brown is a professor of English at the University of Chicago. ... Arnold I. Davidson Ph. ... Fredric Jameson (b. ... Homi K. Bhabha (born 1949) is a postcolonial theorist, currently teaching at Harvard University, where he is the Chair of the Program in History and Literature. ... Henry Louis Skip Gates Jr. ... Edward Said Edward Wadie Said (November 1, 1935 – September 25, 2003; Arabic: ) was a well-known American literary theorist, critic, and outspoken Palestinian activist. ...

External link

• Journal's website