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British Post-Structuralism - Since 1968

by Antony Easthope

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 <P>Through this exploration of the relation between Marxism, post-structuralism and the theory of the subject, first published in 1988, Antony Easthope contrasts the degree to which post-structuralism has made a radical impact on English and American national cultures. This book reprints an important interview in which Jacques Derrida discusses the
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Unfolding The Mind - The Unconscious In American Romanticism And Literary Theory

by Jeffrey Steele

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 American writers in the 1830s and 1840s felt the need for a new terminology to express their awakening perception of "new" aspects of the mind. Without words like the "unconscious" vast areas of the psyche would have remained unexpressed and thus unapproachable.
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Literature As Communication And Cognition In Bakhtin And Lotman

by Allan Reid

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 This title, first published in 1990, argues for the existence of a significant connection between the theories of literature and culture of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (1895-1975) and Iurii Mikhailovich Lotman (1922-1993).
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Genetic Codes Of Culture? - The Deconstruction Of Tradition By Kuhn, Bloom, And Derrida

by William R. Schultz

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 In this text, first published in 1994, the author examines the interdisciplinary significance of the theory of science, literature and philosophy according to the figures who achieved prominence in those fields - Kuhn, Bloom and Derrida.
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Speech Acts And Literary Theory

by Sandy Petrey

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 This book, first published in 1990, combines an introduction to speech-act theory as developed by J. L. Austin with a survey of critical essays that have adapted Austin's thought for literary analysis. This book will be of interest to students of linguistics and literary theory.
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The Future Of Literary Theory

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 In this book, first published in 1989, twenty-give eminent critics and theorists write about different aspects of literary theory. These essays represent leading research in psychoanalytic criticism, new historicism, Continental theory, feminism, Afro-American studies, philosophy, cybernetics, aesthetics, and other theoretical inflections.
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Post-Structuralist Classics

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 Modern literary theory is increasingly looking to philosophy for its inspiration. After a wave of structural analysis, the growing influence of deconstruction and hermeneutic readings continues to bear witness to this.
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Wounded Fiction - Modern Poetry And Deconstruction

by Joseph Adamson

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 This book, first published in 1988, does not concern the theory of poetry so much as the poetry of theory: a poetry that theorizes, that has a "view" on things, that thinks. What or what things does poetry think about, and what do we mean by thinking?
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The Conspiracy Of The Text - The Place Of Narrative In The Development Of Thought

by Jeff Adams

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 In The Conspiracy of the Text, first published in 1986, Jeff Adams looks at an early stage in childhood to examine the ways in which children create social organisation and moral order.
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Language, Thought And Comprehension - A Study Of The Writings Of I. A. Richards

by W. H. N. Hotopf

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 This book, first published in 1965, provides an interdisciplinary approach to the work of I. A. Richards. This study is particularly concerned with ideas about education, literary theory, language, philosophy and psychology, and focuses on many of Richardâ€™s most important works, including The Meaning of Meaning and The Philosophy of Rhetoric.
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Deconstruction And The Politics Of Criticism

by Sibel Irzik

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 The purpose of this book, first published in 1990, is to call attention to the contrast between the remarkable politicization of the rhetoric of literary criticism and the scarcity of interest in the concrete historical and political contexts of literary texts. Deconstruction and the Politics of Criticism will be of interest to students of literature and literary theory.
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The Ecstasies Of Roland Barthes

by Mary Bittner Wiseman

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 In this book, first published in 1989, Mary Bittner Wiseman interprets Roland Barthesâ€™s experiments as efforts to reposition the human subject with respect to language and to time in order to let the subject escape from the language of a particular culture and the present time.
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A. J. Greimas And The Nature Of Meaning - Linguistics, Semiotics And Discourse Theory

by Ronald, Ph.D Schleifer

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 In this book, first published in 1987, Professor Schleifer sets Greimasâ€™ work in its intellectual context and sets forth the development of his distinctive style of interpretation. Moreover, the author goes on to consider Greimasâ€™ work against the latest examinations of discourse in philosophy, depth psychology, and literary criticism.
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A Dictionary Of Modern Critical Terms - Revised And Enlarged Edition

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 This book concentrates on conceptually flexible, powerful terms. Each entry consists of a dictionary definition and an essay exploring the history and full significance of the term, and its possibilities in critical discourse. This title is an ideal basic reference text for literature students of all levels.
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Historical Criticism And The Meaning Of Texts

by J. R. De J. Jackson

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 In this original and significant contribution to literary controversy, Professor Jackson argues on semantic grounds that historical criticism, which he defines as the attempt to read works of literature and criticism as they were read when they were new, is a necessary preliminary to other ways of approaching the literature of the past.
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Nature And Language - A Semiotic Study Of Cucurbits In Literature

by Jon (University Of Oslo, Norway) Haarberg e Ralf Norrman

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 There exists an area of overlap where language and nature meet, and this book, first published in 1980, illuminates that fascinating territory. When real-world things, such as plants, are used in literature or language as symbols, these special signs have a double allegiance.
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The Taming Of The Text - Explorations In Language, Literature And Culture

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 The contributors of this text provide a dynamic view of the social functioning of texts, taking account of linguistic, literary and cultural elements. They bring together innovative perspectives on literary analysis and theory, on pragmatics and discourse analysis, as well as on text linguistics and reception theory.
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Postmodern Brecht - A Re-Presentation

by Elizabeth Wright

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 In this radical and deliberately controversial re-reading of Brecht, first published in 1989, Elizabeth Wright takes a new view of the playwright, giving us a more â€˜Brechtianâ€™ reading than so far achieved and making his work historically relevant here and now.
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Dictionary Of Modern Critical Terms - Revised And Enlarged Edition

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 This book concentrates on conceptually flexible, powerful terms. Each entry consists of a dictionary definition and an essay exploring the history and full significance of the term, and its possibilities in critical discourse. This title is an ideal basic reference text for literature students of all levels.
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Literature As Communication And Cognition In Bakhtin And Lotman

by Allan Reid

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 This title, first published in 1990, argues for the existence of a significant connection between the theories of literature and culture of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (1895-1975) and Iurii Mikhailovich Lotman (1922-1993).
ENGLISH

Unfolding The Mind - The Unconscious In American Romanticism And Literary Theory

by Jeffrey Steele

38,41€ + 10% CARD

 American writers in the 1830s and 1840s felt the need for a new terminology to express their awakening perception of "new" aspects of the mind. Without words like the "unconscious" vast areas of the psyche would have remained unexpressed and thus unapproachable.
ENGLISH

Genetic Codes Of Culture? - The Deconstruction Of Tradition By Kuhn, Bloom, And Derrida

by William R. Schultz

34,44€ + 10% CARD

 In this text, first published in 1994, the author examines the interdisciplinary significance of the theory of science, literature and philosophy according to the figures who achieved prominence in those fields - Kuhn, Bloom and Derrida.
ENGLISH

Speech Acts And Literary Theory

by Sandy Petrey

59,61€ + 10% CARD

 This book, first published in 1990, combines an introduction to speech-act theory as developed by J. L. Austin with a survey of critical essays that have adapted Austin's thought for literary analysis. This book will be of interest to students of linguistics and literary theory.
ENGLISH

Future Of Literary Theory

52,99€ + 10% CARD

 In this book, first published in 1989, twenty-give eminent critics and theorists write about different aspects of literary theory. These essays represent leading research in psychoanalytic criticism, new historicism, Continental theory, feminism, Afro-American studies, philosophy, cybernetics, aesthetics, and other theoretical inflections.
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