▁almost ▁tab oo ▁subjects ) ▁or ▁reader ▁response . ▁This ▁emphas is ▁on ▁form ▁and ▁precise ▁attention ▁to ▁" the ▁words ▁themselves " ▁has ▁pers isted , ▁after ▁the ▁decl ine ▁of ▁these ▁critical ▁do ctr ines ▁themselves . ▁ ▁Theory ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁North rop ▁F ry e ▁published ▁the ▁influ ential ▁An atom y ▁of ▁Crit ic ism . ▁In ▁his ▁works ▁F ry e ▁noted ▁that ▁some ▁critics ▁tend ▁to ▁em brace ▁an ▁ide ology , ▁and ▁to ▁judge ▁literary ▁pieces ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁their ▁ad her ence ▁to ▁such ▁ide ology . ▁This ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁highly ▁influ ential ▁view point ▁among ▁modern ▁conserv ative ▁think ers . ▁E . ▁Michael ▁Jones , ▁for ▁example , ▁arg ues ▁in ▁his ▁D eg ener ate ▁Modern s ▁that ▁Stanley ▁Fish ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁his ▁own ▁ad ul ter ous ▁affairs ▁to ▁reject ▁classic ▁literature ▁that ▁condem ned ▁ad ul tery . ▁J ürgen ▁Hab erm as ▁in ▁Er ken nt nis ▁und ▁Inter esse ▁[ 1 9 6 8 ] ▁( K now ledge ▁and ▁Human ▁Inter ests ), ▁described ▁literary ▁critical ▁theory ▁in ▁literary ▁studies ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁herm ene ut ics : ▁knowledge ▁via ▁interpretation ▁to ▁understand ▁the ▁meaning ▁of ▁human ▁texts ▁and ▁symbol ic ▁expressions — including ▁the ▁interpretation ▁of ▁texts ▁which ▁themselves ▁interpret ▁other ▁texts . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁British ▁and ▁American ▁literary ▁establishment , ▁the ▁New ▁Crit ic ism ▁was ▁more ▁or ▁less ▁dominant ▁until ▁the ▁late ▁ 1