About this title: Playwright, literary theorist, fine analyst of the works of Shakespeare, the Brontes, Swift and Joyce, scourge of postmodernism, autobiographer -- Terry Eagleton's achievements are many and his combative intelligence widely admired and respected. His skill as a reviewer is particularly notable: never content merely to assess the ideas of a writer and the theses of a book, Eagleton, in his inimitable and often wickedly funny style, always paints a vivid theoretical and political fresco as the background to his engagement with the texts. In this collection of more than a decade of such bracing ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Verso Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781859846674ISBN:185984667X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Verso, UK
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781859846674ISBN:185984667X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Verso
Date Published: 2003
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Verso Books
Date Published: 2003
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Publisher: VERSO BOOKS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781859843888ISBN:1859843883
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 224 pages. (224 pages) this is a collection of terry eagleton's best criticisms and book reviews. his skill in this field is notable: never content merely to assess the ideas of a writer, eagleton, in his inimitable style, always paints a vivid theorectical fresco as the background to his engagement with the texts. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Verso Books
Date Published: 01/10/2005
ISBN-13:9781859843888ISBN:1859843883
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"Collected reviews from the recently sacked keeper of the marxist flame in english letters. Its been said before about Eagleton's reviews, but it holds true, his reviews (for the LRB, journal for aging socialists, as opposed to the patrician loftiness of the TLS) are potted (& partisan)introductions to complex thinkers such as Adorno, Badiou and Zizek. Welcome to the shadow of the counter-public sphere."
"I like Terry Eagleton. I haven't read many of his works (three actually, the brilliant memoir The Gatekeeper, Literary Theory and now Figures of Dissent). Literary Theory was a pretty important book for me. It was the first thing I read that explained a lot of the theoretical concepts that I would be interested in during my twenties. I'll do a full review of Literary Theory when its time comes, but for now, let's just say Figure of Dissent is no Literary Theory.
This is a book of Eagleton's reviews and thought pieces on various literary and cultural figures. It's kind of fun. His piece on Zizek is great and while it doesn't explain Zizek's overarching theory all that well, it does do a good job of explaining a lot of Zizek's pop culture appeal. Some of the other essays, I barely remember, which shows you the deep impact they had on me."
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