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Books by Terry Eagleton
  | | Materialism(Reprint) by Terry Eagleton Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2019 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-24662-9, ISBN: 0-300-24662-5 "A brilliant introduction to the philosophical concept of materialism and its relevance to contemporary science and culture In this eye-opening, intellectually stimulating appreciation of a fascinating school of philosophy, Terry Eagleton makes a powerful argument that materialism is at the center of today’s important scientific and cultural as well as philosophical debates. The author reveals entirely fresh ways of considering the value ..." |
 | | How to Read Literature(Reprint) by Terry Eagleton Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2019 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-24764-0, ISBN: 0-300-24764-8 "A literary master’s entertaining guide to reading with deeper insight, better understanding, and greater pleasure “Part of the fun of the book is the way in which Eagleton prompts, provokes and at times infuriates. . . . An ideal introductory guide to critical analysis, and a thoroughly enjoyable reminder of Eagleton’s own skill and subtlety as a reader.”—Felicity James, Times Higher Education Supplement “This book is seriously good ..." |
 | | Why Marx Was Right(2nd Edition) by Terry Eagleton Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2018 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-23106-9, ISBN: 0-300-23106-7 "Broschiertes BuchIn this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking ten of the most common objections to Marxism-that it leads to political tyranny, that it reduces everything to the economic, that it is a form of historical determinism, and so on-he demonstrates in each case what a woeful travesty of Marx's own thought these assumptions are. In a world in whic ..." |
 | | Literary Theory(3rd Edition) An Introduction by Terry Eagleton Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2008 by Univ Of Minnesota Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-5447-5, ISBN: 0-8166-5447-6 " This concise and lucid volume offers a satisfying survey of all the major theories, from structuralism in the 1960s to deconstruction today, that have made academic criticism both intriguing and off-putting to the outsider. New York Times Book Review"" Literary Theory" has the kind of racy readability that one associates more often with English critics who have set their faces resolutely against theory. It s not just a brilliant polemi ..." |
 | | The Real Thing Reflections on a Literary Form [Hardcover ] by Terry Eagleton Hardcover, 175 Pages, Published 2024 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-27429-5, ISBN: 0-300-27429-7 "Can such realism survive in the postmodern age? Acclaimed critic Terry Eagleton explores realism's complex history, practice, and politics." |
 | | Culture (Paperback) by Terry Eagleton Paperback, Published 2023 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-27061-7, ISBN: 0-300-27061-5 |
 | | Humour by Terry Eagleton Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2019 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-24314-7, ISBN: 0-300-24314-6 "A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture—by one of its greatest exponents Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laughter, from braying and cackling to sniggering and chortling? Is humour subversive, or can it defuse dissent? Can we define wit? Packed ..." |
 | | How to Read a Poem(1st Edition) by Terry Eagleton Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2006 by Wiley-Blackwell ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-5141-2, ISBN: 1-4051-5141-2 "Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relation to content. Takes a wide range of poems from the Renaissance to the present day and submits them to brilliant ..." |
 | | The Meaning of Life(1st Edition) A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Terry Eagleton Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2007 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-921070-1, ISBN: 0-19-921070-5 "The phrase "the meaning of life" for many seems a quaint notion fit for satirical mauling by Monty Python or Douglas Adams. But in this spirited Very Short Introduction, famed critic Terry Eagleton takes a serious if often amusing look at the question and offers his own surprising answer. Eagleton first examines how centuries of thinkers and writers--from Marx and Schopenhauer to Shakespeare, Sartre, and Beckett--have responded to the u ..." |
 | | After Theory(Updated) by Terry Eagleton Paperback, 231 Pages, Published 2004 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-0-465-01774-4, ISBN: 0-465-01774-6 "As heralded everywhere from NPR to the pages of the "New York Times Magazine," a new era is underway in our colleges and universities: after a lengthy tenure, the dominance of postmodern theory has come to an end. In this timely and topical book, the legendary Terry Eagleton ("one of [our] best-known public intellectuals."-"Boston Globe") traces the rise and fall of these ideas from the 1960s through the 1990s, candidly assessing the re ..." |
 | | Sweet Violence(1st Edition) The Idea of the Tragic by Terry Eagleton Paperback, 348 Pages, Published 2002 by Wiley-Blackwell Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-631-23360-2, ISBN: 0-631-23360-1 "Terry Eagleton's Tragedy provides a major critical and analytical account of the concept of 'tragedy' from its origins in the Ancient world right down to the twenty-first century. A major new intellectual endeavour from one of the world's finest, and most controversial, cultural theorists. Provides an analytical account of the concept of 'tragedy' from its origins in the ancient world to the present day. Explores the idea of the 't ..." |
 | | The Gatekeeper(1st Edition) A Memoir by Terry Eagleton Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2002 by St. Martin's Press ISBN-13: 978-0-312-29122-8, ISBN: 0-312-29122-1 "Oxford professor, best-selling author, preeminent literary critic, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist, Terry Eagleton knows all about the claims of competing worlds. One of his earliest roles growing up Catholic in Protestant England was as "the gatekeeper"-the altar boy who at reverend mother's nod literally closed the door on young women taking the veil, separating the sanctity of the convent from earthly temptations and family ob ..." |
 | | The Gatekeeper A Memoir by Terry Eagleton Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2001 by Allen Lane ISBN-13: 978-0-7139-9590-9, ISBN: 0-7139-9590-4 |
 | | The Idea of Culture(1st Edition) (Blackwell Manifestos) by Terry Eagleton Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 2000 by Wiley-Blackwell Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-631-21966-8, ISBN: 0-631-21966-8 "The Idea of Culture Focuses on discriminating different meanings of culture, as a way of introducing the debates around it. This book offers a critique of postmodern 'culturalism', arguing instead for a more complex relation between Culture and Nature, and trying to retrieve the importance of such concepts as human nature from a non-naturalistic perspective. Full description" |
 | | The Illusions of Postmodernism(1st Edition) by Terry Eagleton Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1996 by Wiley-Blackwell Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-631-20323-0, ISBN: 0-631-20323-0 "Explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. In this book, the author's primary concern is less with the intricate formulations of postmodern philosophy than with the culture or milieu of postmodernism as a whole." |
 | | Nationalism, Colonialism, and Literature(1st Edition) by Terry Eagleton, Edward Wadie Said, Professor Fredric Jameson, Fredric Jameson, Edward Said, Seamus Deane, Duke University, Frederic Jameson, Seamus Introduction Bydeane, Jameson And Said. Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 1990 by Univ Of Minnesota Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-1863-7, ISBN: 0-8166-1863-1 "The three essays in this volume were originally published as individual pamphlets by the Field Day Theatre Company in Derry, Nothern Ireland. Founded in 1980 as a theatre cmpany, Field Day has eveolved as a publisher concerned with the typically Irish blend of political and cultural (mainly literary) forces which requires fresh analysis in view of the existing Irish political crisis. As a result, Field Day has published a series of pamp ..." |
 | | Literary Theory(1st Edition) An Introduction by Terry Eagleton Paperback, 252 Pages, Published 1983 by Univ Of Minnesota Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-1241-3, ISBN: 0-8166-1241-2 "25th Anniversary Edition of Terry Eagleton’s classic introduction to literary theoryFirst published in 1983, and revised in 1996 to include material on developments in feminist and cultural theoryHas served as an inspiration to generations of students and teachersContinues to function as arguably the definitive undergraduate textbook on literary theoryReissue includes a new foreword by Eagleton himself, reflecting on the impact and endu ..." |
 | | Marxism and Literary Criticism(1st Edition) by Terry Eagleton, Karl Marx Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1976 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-03243-9, ISBN: 0-520-03243-8 "Marxist literary criticism is becoming increasingly important in Europe as a whole, and interest in the subject is rapidly growing in this country. In this book, Dr. Eagleton analyses the major issues that the subject presents, discussing the writing of Marx and Engels themselves and the work of such critics as Plekhanov, Trotsky, Lenin, Lukacs, Goldmann, Caudwell, Benjamin and Brecht. They are seen from four viewpoints central to Marxi ..." |
 | | The Great Philosophers Marx: And Freedom by Terry Eagleton Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2021 by Orion Publishing Group Jan 2021 ISBN-13: 978-1-4746-1674-4, ISBN: 1-4746-1674-7 "Combining extracts from Marx's revolutionary philosophy, along with insightful analysis, this is the perfect guide to one of the world's greatest thinkers." |
 | | Tragedy by Terry Eagleton Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 2020 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-25221-7, ISBN: 0-300-25221-8 "A new account of tragedy and its fundamental position in Western culture In this compelling account, eminent literary critic Terry Eagleton explores the nuances of tragedy in Western culture--from literature and politics to philosophy and ..." |
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