Noticing that Theory has been diluted, mixed up in concoctions of old sours and rinds, Calvin Thomas has decided to refresh it, turning it into an adventure of insight that is also a restorative delight with strong but balanced recipes for a 21st-century intellectual Bloody Mary.

Jean-Michel Rabaté, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania, and Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, USA

Adventures in Theory is a gift - a real gem - to everyone teaching undergraduate survey courses in literary and critical theory: it's concise enough to be manageable yet so brilliantly curated that it contains everything one needs. It's the anthology that many of us have been hoping would one day materialize. It's also a perfect companion to Thomas's delightful Ten Lessons in Theory.

Mari Ruti, Distinguished Professor of Critical Theory and of Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Toronto, and author of Distillations (2018)