Martin Asiner has taught English and literature on both the community college and high school level for more than twenty-five years. He has authored two other books in the Smart Student's Guide series: Really Hard Classic Essays and the GRE in Literature Test. He is now working on a prequel to modern literary theory; this book will cover theory from Plato and Aristotle all the way to Hegel, Kant, and Nietzsche. In his spare time, Ms. Asiner is a frequent review writer on theory and literature for Amazon.