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Critical Practice
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...
Culture and the Real
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 29.95What makes us the people we are? Culture evidently plays a part, but how large a part? Is culture alone the source of our identities? Some have argued that human nature is the foundation of culture, others that culture is the foundation of human identity. Catherine Belsey calls for a more nuanced, relational account of what it is to be human, and... more...
Poststructuralism
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 9.99Following a brief account of the historical relationship between structuralism and poststructuralism, this "Very Short Introduction" traces the key arguments that have led poststructuralists to challenge traditional theories of language and culture. more...
Shakespeare in Theory and Practice
Edinburgh University Press 2008; US$ 99.99Theory is valuable to the degree that it enables us to read differently: a nuanced approach shows that the most obvious interpretation is never the whole story. In these essays, brought together here for the first time, world-renowned critic Catherine Belsey puts theory to work in order to register Shakespeare's powers of seduction, together with... more...
A Future for Criticism
Wiley 2010; US$ 93.95A Future for Criticism considers why fiction gives so much pleasure, and the neglect of this issue in contemporary criticism. Offers a brief, lively, and accessible account of a new direction for critical practice, from one of Britain's most prominent literary theorists and critics Proposes a new path for future criticism, more open... more...
Shakespeare without Boundaries
University of Delaware 2010; US$ 84.99Shakespeare without Boundaries offers a wide-ranging collection of essays written by an international team of distinguished scholars who attempt to define, to challenge, and to erode boundaries that currently inhibit understanding of Shakespeare, and to exemplify how approaches that defy traditional bounds of study and criticism may enhance understanding... more...
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