A good read for grad students of the novel and theory. Choice The profusion of examples and careful attention to detail will be appealing to the initiated and the novice alike, and will offer both a rich fund of sources and examples from which to draw... -- Yael Levin Modern Language Review A fascinating study of the degree to which theory permeates literary culture... By establishing a solid methodology... Ryan has masterfully illustrated the novel's value for advancing our understanding of history, psychology, philosophy, politics, and so much more. Modernism/modernity Biografía del autor Judith Ryan is the Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. Her publications include Rilke, Modernism, and Poetic Tradition and The Vanishing Subject: Early Psychology and Literary Modernism, and, as coeditor, A New History of German Literature.