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A Derrida dictionary.
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ISBN: 0631218432 9780631218432 0631218424 Year: 2004 Publisher: Malden Blackwell

Beyond semiotics
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ISBN: 1281298190 9786611298197 1847140874 9781847140876 9780826449337 0826449336 9781281298195 0826449328 9780826449320 9780826449320 9781847140876 0826449328 0826449336 Year: 2001 Publisher: London New York Continuum

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Where is semiotics now? As the promised science of the social life of signs in general, semiotics has not been good to its word. Although well-established institutionally today--through specialist journals, research centres, international conferences, professional associations and the like--semiotics now seems quaintly out of place in a world where text, culture and technology defy metadisciplinary, if not metaphysical, explanation. When the semiotician has finished explaining the music of Primal Scream, the textuality of an email message or the culture of the internet, most would believe there


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Postmodern literary theory : an introduction
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Year: 1997 Publisher: Oxford, UK Malden, Mass. Blackwell

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A dictionary of postmodernism
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ISBN: 9781405150774 1405150777 9781405150781 1405150785 1786844621 1118902173 1118902157 1118902165 1118902181 Year: 2016 Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell,

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"A useful and authoritative A-Z of the critical terms, concepts, and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postmodernist theory and culture"--


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Introducing Literary Theories : A Guide and Glossary
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ISBN: 1474473636 Year: 2022 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,

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Introducing Literary Theories is an ideal introduction for those coming to literary theory for the first time. It provides an accessible introduction to the major theoretical approaches in chapters covering: Bakhtinian Criticism, Structuralism, Feminist Theory, Marxist Literary Theories, Reader-Response Theories, Psychoanalytic Criticism, Deconstruction, Poststructuralism, New Historicism, Cultural Materialism, Postcolonial Theory, Gay Studies/ Queer Theories, Cultural Studies and Postmodernism.A table of contents arranged by theoretical method and a second arranged by key texts offer the reader alternative pathways through the volume and a general introduction, which traces the history and importance of literary theory, complete the introductory material.In each of the following chapters, the authors provide a clear presentation of the theory in question and notes towards a reading of a key text to help the student understand both the methodology and the practice of literary theory. The texts used for illustration include: In Memoriam A. H. H., Middlemarch, Mrs Dalloway, Paradise Lost, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Prospero's Books, The Swimming Pool Library and The Tempest. Every chapter ends with a set of questions for further consideration, an annotated bibliography and a supplementary bibliography while a glossary of critical terms completes the book.Derived and adapted from the successful foundation textbook, Literary Theories: A Reader and Guide, Introducing Literary Theories is a highly readable, self-contained and comprehensive guide that succeeds in making contemporary theory easily understandable.Each chapter provides:An overview of the theoryNotes towards readings of canonical literary textsQuestions for further considerationAn annotated bibliographyA supplementary bibliographyKey FeaturesComplex ideas are clearly explained A double table of contents provides different ways of navigating through the volumeCoverage of the theories is balanced with analysis of key textsQuestions at the end of each chapter direct the reader to consider further theoretical matters and to making theoretically informed readings of literary textsIncludes full guidance about further readingOffers an ideal guide for students at all levels who are new to literary theory as well as general readersProvides a Glossary of critical terms for easy reference

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Edinburgh Encyclopaedia of Modern Criticism and Theory
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ISBN: 0748672559 Year: 2002 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,

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Edinburgh Encyclopaedia of Modern Criticism and Theory
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ISBN: 9780748672554 Year: 2002 Publisher: Edinburgh

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ISBN: 9781474473637 Year: 2022 Publisher: Edinburgh

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