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Singularity of Literature
Routledge 2004; US$ 30.95This brilliant contribution to the theory of literature, demonstrates how a new understanding of the literary might be applied in a 'responsible', creative mode of reading. more...
Peculiar Language
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 37.95First published in 1988, Peculiar Language is now established as one of the most important discussions of the language of literature. This thought-provoking book challenges traditional notions of literary criticism, arguing that all attempts by writers, critics and literary theorists to define the language of literature have involved self-contradiction.... more...
Joyce Effects
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 32.00Derek Attridge's collected essays on James Joyce represent fifteen years of close engagement with the writer and reflects the changing course of Joyce criticism during this period. Attridge examines the way Joyce's writing transforms our understanding of language, literature and history and offers in-depth analysis of Joyce's four major books. more...
The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 26.00This second edition contains several new and revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Joyce's politics and the changes wrought by gender studies on criticism of his work. The volume is stimulating and full of rich and accessible insights which will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom. more...
Reading and Responsibility
Edinburgh University Press 2010; US$ 123.50What is the importance of deconstruction, and the writing of Jacques Derrida in particular, for literary criticism today? Derek Attridge argues that the challenge of Derrida's work for our understanding of literature and its value has still not been fully met, and in this book, which traces a close engagement with Derrida's writing over two... more...
Theory After 'Theory'
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 39.95This volume argues that theory, far from being dead, has undergone major shifts in order to come to terms with the most urgent cultural and political questions of today. Offering an overview of theory?s new directions, this groundbreaking collection includes essays on affect, biopolitics, biophilosophy, the aesthetic, and neoliberalism, as well examinations... more...
Writing South Africa
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 40.00Leading South African writers and commentators examine literature during and after the apartheid era. more...
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