Richard Freadman is a professor of English and director of the Unit for Studies in Biography and Autobiography at La Trobe University. He is the author of "Eliot, James, and the Fictional Self," co-author of "Re-thinking Theory: A Critique of Contemporary Literary Theory and an Alternative Account," and co-editor of "Renegotiating Ethics in Literature," "Philosophy and Theory" and "On Literary Theory and Philosophy: A Cross-Disciplinary Encounter,"