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Fighting Songs and Warring Wordsby Brian Murdoch
Routledge 1990; US$ 150.00The accepted canon of war poetry usually includes only those underlining patriotic or nationalistic views. This study opens up the view of war poetry with the inclusion of such material as Nazi poetry and song, and the poetry of the atomic bomb. more...
Philosophy, Literature and the Human Goodby Michael Weston
Routledge 2001; US$ 44.95Examines the role of literature in ethics and moral philosophy. Includes readings from key figures such as Bataille, Kierkegaard, Rorty and Iris Murdoch. more...
Theorizing Modernismsby Steve Giles
Routledge 1993; US$ 150.00Provides a much needed corrective to the misleading accounts of modernism that have dominated recent debate, shedding new light at the same time on the current controversies surrounding postmodernism. more...
Critical Practiceby Catherine Belsey
Routledge 2002; US$ 30.95This book finds a way through often impenetrable recent theories, exploring key concepts of ideology, subjectivity and representation in the various forms put forward by different 'schools' of theorists. more...
Changing Bodies, Changing Meaningsby Dominic Montserrat
Routledge 1997; US$ 140.00This beautifully illustrated book is the first to place at its centre the emotional and experiential aspect of the body in antiquity. more...
Modernity and Metropolisby Dr Peter Brooker
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2001; US$ 130.00A study of urban identity and community looks at selected twentieth century literary and film texts in the context of theorizations of modernism, postmodernism, postcoloniality and globalization. Brooker draws on Beck and Giddens to propose a 'reflexive modernism' which rewrites and re-imagines the urban scene. The principal cities considered are London and New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Writers considered include Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, Hanif Kureishi, Iain Sinclair, Paul Auster, Sarah Schulman and William Gibson. Filmmakers include Patrick Keiller and Wong Kar-Wai. more...
Polemicby Jane Gallop
Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 36.95These new essays by leading scholars examine some famous and less well-known instances of polemical encounters e.g. Habermas, and Boswell with (or vs.) Dr. Johnson. Historically rigorous and astute, this makes criticism a critical issue. more...
Text and Experienceby Stein Haugom Olsen
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2005; US$ 90.00The articles in this collection focus attention on the concept of literature and on the relationship between this concept and the concepts of a literary work and a literary text. Adopting an analytic approach, the articles attempt to clarify how these concepts govern our thinking about the phenomenon of literature in various ways, exploring the issues which arise when these concepts are employed as theoretical instruments for describing and analyzing the phenomenon of literature. more...
Fifty Key Literary Theoristsby Richard Lane
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 27.95Covering over a century's worth of debate, thinking and writing about literature, this book presents the lives and works of fifty theorists who have left an indelible mark on the way we all experience literary works. It includes a glossary of terms, full cross-referencing for maximum ease of use, and authoritative guides to further reading. more...
Cold War Literatureby Andrew Hammond
Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 44.95A collection of essays that analyses the literary response to the coups, insurgencies and invasions that took place around the globe during the Cold War, and explores the thematic and stylistic trends in world writing prompted by Cold War hostilities. This volume focuses upon themes like representation, nationalism, political resistance, and more. more...









