editor Play and Place of Criticism (1967) The Classic Vision: The Retreat from Extremity in Modern Literature (1971) Literature and History (1974) with Ralph Cohen Theory of Criticism: A Tradition and Its System (1976) Directions for Criticism: Structuralism & its Alternatives (1977) editor with L. S. Dembo Poetic Presence & Illusion: Essays in Critical History & Theory (1979) Arts on the Level (1981) Words about Words about Words: Theory, Criticism & the Literary Text (1988) A Reopening of Closure (1989) Ekphrasis (1992) Aims of Representation: Subject, Text, History (1993) editor The Institution of Theory (1994) References External links Guide to the Murray Krieger Papers. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. 1923 births 2000 deaths American literary critics Ohio State University alumni University of California, Irvine faculty 20th-century American non-fiction writers University of Minnesota faculty University of Iowa faculty American military personnel of World War II University of Chicago alumni