intro to lit theory is a good book. i read it decades ago.
but eagleton evolved a long way since then.
there was an interesting nyt article on him of about january, 2004. get it. mine's packed away.
in this interview he admits that critical theory's at an end; there's no new territory.
he's a marxist, and ironically probably made a million off of his books! he owns several estates in ireland, i think. they pictured one in the nyt article.
phony like all rich leftists.
It's clear he's a Marxist from that Intro book. His thesis was that all literaty theory is indeological and there is no such thing as dis-interedted criticsm. Whether or not you accept that, his discussion of various schools of thought is forthright and informed. P.S. His fueds with Stanley Fish are the stuff of legend. Anytime he writes about Fish he's a very funny man.