Literary Critiques
Writing Degree Zero
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Barthes's first book and one of his most famous, WRITING DEGREE ZERO addresses the French avant-garde with a critique of moderni Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
Postmodern Theory
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In this timely volume, the authors systematically analyze postmodern theory to evaluate its relevance for critical social theory and radical politics today.
Skeptical Engagements
This carefully reasoned and witty book presents a searing critique of the pretension and folly infecting the literary academy.
Postcolonial Studies
Parry offers the compelling argument that theoretical work must strive to join remembrance of the material past with a critique of the contemporary condition, remaining unreconciled to the past and unconsoled by the present.
Tracing Women\'s Romanticism
this volume argues that the künstlerromane of Mary Shelley, Bettine von Arnim, and George Sand offer feminist understandings of history and transcendence that constitute a critique of Romanticism from within.
Imaginary Communities
Drawing from literary history, social theory, and political critique, this far-reaching study explores the utopian narrative as a medium for understanding the social space of the modern nation-state.