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Subjectivity

By Donald E. Hall

Explores the history of theories of selfhood, from the Classical era to the present, and demonstrates how those theories can be applied in literary and…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28762-3 (Routledge)

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Glossalalia

An Alphabet of Critical Keywords

Edited by Julian Wolfreys

Glossalalia is not a conventional glossary or dictionary. Although arranged alphabetically, it is a cutting-edge introduction to the state of theory today.

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96915-4 (Routledge)

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Simone de Beauvoir

By Ursula Tidd

Simone de Beauvoir's groundbreaking work has transformed the way we think about gender and identity. Without her 1949 text The Second Sex, gender theory as…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-26364-1 (Routledge)

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After Poststructuralism

Reading, Stories, Theory

By Colin Davis

In the last decades of the twentieth century, French poststructuralist 'theory' transformed the humanities; it also met with resistance and today we frequently hear that…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31609-5 (Routledge)

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Julia Kristeva

By Noelle McAfee

One of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century, Julia Kristeva has been driving forward the fields of literary and cultural studies since the…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25009-2 (Routledge)

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The Rhetorics of Feminism

Readings in Contemporary Cultural Theory and the Popular Press

By Lynne Pearce

Is it possible that changes in rhetorical practice could alter not just how thought is expressed, but also how it is made? Through a…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28183-6 (Routledge)

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Irony

By Claire Colebrook

In this handy volume, Claire Colebrook offers an overview of the history and structure of irony, from Socrates to the present.
Students will welcome this…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25134-1 (Routledge)

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Formalism and Marxism

By Tony Bennett

Russian Formalism and Marxist criticism had a seismic impact on twentieth-century literary theory. First published in 1979, Tony Bennett's Formalism and Marxism offered a…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32151-8 (Routledge)

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Roland Barthes

By Graham Allen

Roland Barthes is a central figure in the study of language, literature, culture and the media. This book prepares readers for their first encounter…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-26362-7 (Routledge)

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Dramatic Monologue

By Glennis Byron

The dramatic monologue is traditionally associated with Victorian poets such as Robert Browning and Alfred Tennyson, and is generally considered to have disappeared with the…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-22937-1 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Romanticism, History, Historicism: Essays on an Orthodoxy
By Damian Davies
To be published November 25th 2008

Critical Approaches to Food in Children’s Literature
Edited by Kara K. Keeling, Scott T. Pollard
To be published December 4th 2008

The Meaning of "Life" in Romantic Poetry and Poetics
By Ross Wilson
To be published December 8th 2008

Jean Baudrillard
By Richard J. Lane
To be published December 9th 2008

Myth
By Laurence Coupe
To be published December 9th 2008

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