James L BattersbyJAMES L. BATTERSBY is Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio State University and has previously taught at the University of California, Berkeley. He has published extensively on 18th-century literature and criticism, the works of Samuel Johnson, and odern critical theory. His most recent books include Paradigms Regained: Pluralism and the Practice of Criticism (1991) and Reason and the Nature of Texts (1996). Read More Read Less