Semiotics & Theory

Roland Barthes was one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, but why should the reader of today, or tomorrow, be concerned with him? Martin McQuillan provides a fresh perspective on Barthes, addressing his political and institutional...

Recent developments in literary theory (such as structuralism and deconstruction) have come under attack for ignoring history, while historically based approaches have been criticised for failing to take account of the problems inherent in their...

The early twentieth century saw modernist writers challenge literary conventions to express their perspectives on a dynamic but unsettling world. This book provides a lucid overview of the period, mapping the literary alongside historical, social and...

This is a guide to the often complex area of postcolonial theory and literature from its historical origins to contemporary critical thinking and issues. Postcolonialism as a critical approach and pedagogic practice has informed literary and cultural...

When it was first published, Doubling and Incest/Repetition and Revenge proved to be a seminal work in the psychoanalytic study of Faulkner's fiction, especially of The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! This softcover reissue of John Irwin's...

As the pace of cultural globalization accelerates, the discipline of literary studies is undergoing dramatic transformation. Scholars and critics focus increasingly on theorizing difference and complicating the geographical framework defining their...

Literature has been essential to shaping the notions of human personhood, good life, moral responsibility, and forms of freedom that have been central to human rights law, discourse, and politics. The literary study of human rights has also recently...

Originally published in 2003. The fruit of a lifetime's reading and thinking about literature, its delights and its responsibilities, this book by acclaimed poet and critic Anthony Hecht explores the mysteries of poetry, offering profound insight into...

This book examines the salient ideas and practices that have shaped Surrealism as a protean intellectual and cultural concept that fundamentally shifted our understanding of the nexus between art, culture, and politics. By bringing a diverse set of...

One of the most famous literary critics of the twentieth century, Edward Said's work has been hugely influential far beyond academia. As a prominent advocate for the Palestinian cause and a noted music critic, Said redefined the role of the public...

This bibliography offers a compilation of more than 2000 critical studies that deal not only with the relatively new concept of intertextuality and its predominantly poststructuralist implications, but also with the time-honored concepts of allusion and...

Drawing on work in critical theory, feminism and social history, this book traces the lines of tension shot through Victorian culture by the fear that the social world was being reduced to a display window behind which people, their actions and their...

Terror and the Postcolonial is a major comparative study of terrorism and its representations in postcolonial theory, literature, and culture. A ground-breaking study addressing and theorizing the relationship between postcolonial studies, colonial...

In a postcolonial world, where structures of power, hierarchy, and domination operate on a global scale, writers face an ethical and aesthetic dilemma: How to write without contributing to the inscription of inequality? How to process the colonial past...

Designed for classroom use in a number of disciplines, this comprehensive introduction to cultural semiotics is also an easy-to-use reference for those who would like a better understanding of the topic. No other text provides this kind of practical...

In recent years, the word 'virus' has lost its biological perimeter of reference to acquire a much broader - could say 'paradigmatic' - meaning. The term 'virus' can be seen as a key word or an explanatory model also for processes that go beyond the...

Francoise Dastur is well respected in France and Europe for her mastery of phenomenology as a movement and her clear and cogent explications of phenomenology in movement. These qualities are on display in this remarkable volume. Dastur guides the...

Many writers in antebellum America sought to reinvent the Bible, but no one, Ilana Pardes argues, was as insistent as Melville on redefining biblical exegesis while doing so. In "Moby-Dick," he not only ventured to fashion a grand new inverted Bible in...

This book examines how contemporary fantasy literature offers critical insights into western society and culture by drawing on the ancient myths of Wales. These books emphasise the need to have a set of social and personal values in order to be free from...

Gérard Genette zufolge ist die literaturtheoretische Bestimmung des Titels „problematischer als bei den anderen Elementen des Paratextes“. Der Band setzt an dieser Beobachtung an und macht sie für die Untersuchung literarischer Mehrdeutigkeit produktiv...

An exploration of sleep at the intersection of literature, science, and pharmacology in the early twentieth century.At the turn of the twentieth century, sleep began to be seen not merely as a passive state but as an active, dynamic process crucial to...

An exploration of sleep at the intersection of literature, science, and pharmacology in the early twentieth century.At the turn of the twentieth century, sleep began to be seen not merely as a passive state but as an active, dynamic process crucial to...

This book explores the world of psychogeographical walking as portrayed in zines—self-made, low-budget publications circulated within DIY communities.

Dieser betrifft nicht nur die Lesemedien und die Rezeptionsbedingungen, sondern auch die Medialität und Materialität von Texten. Vorgestellt werden Zugänge aus den Literatur-, Buch- und Medienwissenschaften, aus der Multimodalitätsforschung und...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765112991Author Dr. David LaRoccaFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

In den letzten Jahren hat sich die Petrofiction als eine neue Strömung der Gegenwartsliteratur herausgebildet. Diese hat in der ökologisch orientierten Literaturwissenschaft und seiner Erweiterung, dem Material Ecocriticism, als Teilbereich der...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765100813Author Prof Robert HarveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765100806Author Prof Robert HarveyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

John Guillory considers close reading within the larger history of reading and writing as cultural techniques. At a time of debate about the future of “English” as a discipline and the fundamental methods of literary study, few terms appear more...

Thinking with Words: A Literary Groundwork provides a unique foundational introduction to the depths and glories of literature and its study. It is a book about why literature matters, and why it always will. Readers will explore the roots of literature...

Thinking with Words: A Literary Groundwork provides a unique foundational introduction to the depths and glories of literature and its study. Essential reading for anyone interested in not just literature but in art, culture, and language.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350287334Author Jeremy TamblingFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury AcademicWeight(grams) 454g

From the father of modern Italian children’s literature, a guide to fairy tales and their potential for teaching creative storytelling to children—with radiant illustrations from Matt Forsythe and a refreshed translation from Jack Zipes“The ultimate...

CRASH! explores the fascinating, revealing, and surprising cultural impact of plane crashes across art, literature, music, media, and creative nonfiction. Plane crashes are covered extensively but they are not analyzed very deeply, beyond rote media...

No detailed description available for "Ambiguity and Narratology".Book InformationISBN 9783111495835Author Simon GrundFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint De GruyterPublisher De Gruyter

Sigmund Freud can be a polarizing figure, beloved by many and despised by some. Focusing on eight key writers and scholars who either passionately loved or gleefully loathed Freud, this book represents Freud’s wide legacy, the reach of his ideas, their...

CRASH! explores the fascinating, revealing, and surprising cultural impact of plane crashes across art, literature, music, media, and creative nonfiction. Plane crashes are covered extensively but they are not analyzed very deeply, beyond rote media...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009256452Author Joseph TabbiFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press

Following the narratives explored in Hominescence, Incandescent and The Bough, Michel Serres continues and concludes his 'grand story' of humanity and humanism. This book weaves together and condenses the overriding philosophical narratives of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765102312Author Professor Philip HowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA