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  • Out of Character

    Modernism, Vitalism, Psychic Life

    by Omri Moses ...
    "Characters" are those fictive beings in novels whose coherent patterns of behavior make them credible as people. "Character" is also used to refer to the capacity—or incapacity—of individuals to sustain core principles. When characters are inconsistent, they risk coming across as dangerous or immoral, not to mention unconvincing. But what is behind our culture's esteem for unwavering consistency? ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

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  • Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction

    What is Literary Theory? What is the relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is Literature, and does it matter? These are the sorts of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in a book which steers a clear path through a subject often perceived to be impenetrable. It offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, whether literature is a form of self ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

    From Plato to Freud to ecocriticism, the book illustrates dozens of stimulating-and sometimes notoriously complex-perspectives for approaching literature and film. The book offers authoritative, clear, and easy-to-follow explanations of theories that range from established classics to the controversies of current theory. Each chapter offers a conversational, step-by-step explanation of a single ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Meaning in Life and Why It Matters

    Series series The University Center for Human Values Series
    A fresh reflection on what makes life meaningfulMost people, including philosophers, tend to classify human motives as falling into one of two categories: the egoistic or the altruistic, the self-interested or the moral. According to Susan Wolf, however, much of what motivates us does not comfortably fit into this scheme. Often we act neither for our own sake nor out of duty or an impersonal ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Parallax View

    by Slavoj Zizek ...
    Series series Short Circuits
    In Žižek's long-awaited magnum opus, he theorizes the "parallax gap" in the ontological, the scientific, and the political—and rehabilitates dialectical materialism.The Parallax View is Slavoj Žižek's most substantial theoretical work to appear in many years; Žižek himself describes it as his magnum opus. Parallax can be defined as the apparent displacement of an object, caused by a change in ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Theory of Literature

    by Paul H. Fry ...
    Bringing his perennially popular course to the page, Yale University Professor Paul H. Fry offers in this welcome book a guided tour of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. At the core of the book's discussion is a series of underlying questions: What is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose?Fry engages with the major themes and strands ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Bonds of Love

    Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and the Problem of Domination

    Why do people submit to authority and derive pleasure even others have over them? What is the appeal of domination and submission, and why are they so prevalent in erotic life? Why is it so difficult for men and women to meet as equals? Why, indeed, do hey continue to recapitulate the positions of master and slave?In The Bonds of Love, noted feminist theorist and psychoanalyst Jessica Benjamin ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Literary Theory

    by David Carter ...
    Series series Pocket Essential series
    Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. It sounds daunting: all those -isms, long technical words, weird French thinkers, and incomprehensible Germans. Most books ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Giving an Account of Oneself

    Twentieth Anniversary Edition, with a new preface by the author

    by Judith Butler ...
    What does it mean to lead a moral life?In their first extended study of moral philosophy, Judith Butler offers a provocative outline for a new ethical practice—one responsive to the need for critical autonomy yet grounded in the opacity of the human subject.Butler takes as their starting point one’s ability to answer the questions “What have I done?” and “What ought I to do?” They show that these ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Literary Theory Handbook

    Series series Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks
    The Literary Theory Handbook introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, showing them how to perform literary analysis, and providing a greater understanding of the historical contexts for different theories.A new edition of this highly successful text, which includes updated and refined chapters, and new sections on contemporary theoriesFar reaching in its inclusion of a ... Read more

    $34.00 USD

  • Ugly Feelings

    by Sianne Ngai ...
    Envy, irritation, paranoia—in contrast to powerful and dynamic negative emotions like anger, these non-cathartic states of feeling are associated with situations in which action is blocked or suspended. In her examination of the cultural forms to which these affects give rise, Sianne Ngai suggests that these minor and more politically ambiguous feelings become all the more suited for diagnosing ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • On Ambivalence

    The Problems and Pleasures of Having it Both Ways

    A concise guide to ambivalence, from Adam and Eve (to eat the apple or not?) to Hamlet (to be or not?) to globalization (e pluribus unum or not?).Why is it so hard to make up our minds? Adam and Eve set the template: Do we or don't we eat the apple? They chose, half-heartedly, and nothing was ever the same again. With this book, Kenneth Weisbrode offers a crisp, literate, and provocative ... Read more

    $9.99 USD