What lecture did Eagleton give at Yale University?
Yale Poetry Review
Psychology and Literature Dialogue
Yale Lectures on Ethics
2008 Terry Lectures
Answer
Eagleton gave the 2008 Terry Lectures at Yale University, in which he argued that contemporary theory is marked by a failure of political commitment. He argued that theory has become too preoccupied with its own internal concerns and has lost sight of its original purpose, which was to challenge the status quo.
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