Situation Critical: Critique, Theory, and Early American Studies - Paperbackby Max Cavitch (Editor), Brian Connolly (Editor) The contributors to Situation Critical argue for the continued importance of critique to early American studies, pushing back against both reductivist neo empiricism and so called postcritique. Bringing together essays by a diverse group of historians and literary scholars, editors Max Cavitch and Brian Connolly demonstrate that critique is about acknowledging that we are never simply writing better or