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1	The Sign of Three: Dupin, Holmes, Peirce more books like this by Umberto Eco (Editor), Thomas A Sebeok (Editor) add to wishlist '...fascinating throughout...the book is recreative in the highest sense' - Arthur C. Danto, "The New Republic". 'A gem for Holmes fans and armchair detectives with a penchant for logical reflection, and Peirce scholars' - "Library Journal". see all copies from £8.23! new only from £12.25! \| first editions
2	The Shape of the Signifier: 1967 to the End of History more books like this by Professor Walter Benn Michaels add to wishlist "The Shape of the Signifier" is a critique of recent theory - primarily literary but also cultural and political. Bringing together previously unconnected strands of Michaels's thought - from "Against Theory" to "Our America" - it anatomizes what's fundamentally at stake when we think of literature in terms of the experience of the reader rather ... see all copies from £9.29! new only from £9.29! \| first editions
3	Milton, Poet of Duality: A Study of Semiosis in the Poetry and the Prose more books like this by R A Shoaf add to wishlist With a new preface that places this book in the context of recent theory-oriented studies of Milton, R.A. Shoaf explores the connections between modern literary criticism and Renaissance poetry, focusing on rhetoric and rhetorical devices as instances - not just agents - of Milton's complex theological argument. Heeding the poet's concern for ... see all copies from £5.50! new only from £5.50! \| first editions
4	The Expression of the Inexpressible in Eugenio Montale's Poetry: Metaphor, Negation, and Silence more books like this by Clodagh J Brook add to wishlist 'It is impossible to say just what I mean!' Prufrock's frustration in Eliot's celebrated poem underlines the pessimistic view of language at the heart of much Modernist poetry. Locating the greatest Italian poet of the twentieth century, Eugenio Montale, firmly within European Modernism, this book examines the struggle with language that is ... see all copies from £41.01! new only from £82.01!
5	Love and Logic: The Evolution of Blake's Thought more books like this by Stephen Cox add to wishlist A fresh and readable explanation of Blake's major work that explores the relationship between love and logic in his writing see all copies from £13.00! new only from £19.81! \| first editions
6	Intention Interpretation more books like this by Gary Iseminger (Editor) add to wishlist 'What is the connection, if any, between the author's intentions in (while) writing a work of literature and the truth (acceptability, validity) of interpretive statements about it?' With this question, Gary Isminger introduces a literary debate that has been waged for the past four decades and is addressed by philosophers and literary theorists ... see all copies from £21.36! new only from £52.20! \| first editions
7	Shadow Lines: Austrian Literature from Freud to Kafka more books like this by Lorna Martens add to wishlist Intellectual culture in early twentieth-century Austria reached levels of originality and excellence that have rarely been equaled before or since. "Shadow Lines" examines works by major novelists, dramatists, poets, and intellectuals of that extraordinary era - among them, Sigmund Freud, Arthur Schnitzler, Robert Musil, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, ... see all copies from £11.01! new only from £12.38! \| first editions
8	Some Other World to Find more books like this by Bruce L Grenberg add to wishlist see all copies from £7.27! new only from £36.83! \| first editions
9	The Logic of Alice: Clear Thinking in Wonderland more books like this by Bernard M Patten add to wishlist In this unique approach to the 'Alice' phenomenon of Lewis Carroll, the author makes clear that far from being just an entertaining children's book, the "Wonderland Adventures" are more complex and deeply reflective of Lewis Carroll's character. By making the effort to understand the deeper layers, both children and adults can profit from the ... see all copies from £10.87! new only from £10.87!
10	The Logic and Fantasy of H. G. Wells and Science Fiction more books like this by John Huntington add to wishlist see all copies from £6.73! new only from £63.61!
11	Literature and Negation more books like this by Maire Jaanus, Professor Maire Kurrik add to wishlist see all copies from £7.43! new only from £57.60! \| first editions
12	T.S. Eliot's Negative Way more books like this by Eloise Knapp Hay, Eliose K. Hay add to wishlist see all copies from £10.43! first editions
13	Negation, Critical Theory, and Postmodern Textuality more books like this by Daniel Fischlin add to wishlist "Negation, Critical Theory, and Postmodern Textuality" features 14 new essays by leading specialists in critical theory, comparative literature, philosophy, and English literature. The essays, which present wide-ranging historical considerations of negation in light of recent developments in poststructuralism and postmodernism, range over many of ... see all copies from £75.51! new only from £81.33!
14	Defiant Desire: Some Dialectic Legacies of D. H. Lawrence more books like this by Kingsley Widmer add to wishlist Kingsley Widmer, one of the most insightful and provocative learned critics, has long had a considerable influence on D. H. Lawrence studies. Here he elaborates the crucial argument that the erotic conversion experience and its dialectic of social negation centrally define Lawrence, thus creating his major legacies. In dialectically considering ... see all copies from £10.81! new only from £10.84! \| first editions
15	The Philosopher's Alice more books like this by Peter Lauchlan Heath add to wishlist see all copies from £30.84! first editions
16	Language, Logic, and Genre: Papers from the Poetics and Literary Theory Section, Modern Language Association more books like this by Wallace Martin (Editor), Modern Language Association of America add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! first editions
17	Emerson's demanding optimism more books like this by Gertrude Reif Hughes add to wishlist see all copies from £9.91! first editions
18	Silence in Henry James: The Heritage of Symbolism and Decadence more books like this by John Auchard add to wishlist see all copies from £13.00! new only from £21.36!
19	To Be and Not to Be: Negation and Metadrama in Hamlet more books like this by James L Calderwood add to wishlist see all copies from £32.19! first editions
20	Logic of the Fall: Right Reason and [Im]pure Reason in Milton's Paradise Lost more books like this by Richard Arnold, Peter Lang Publisher (Creator) add to wishlist Logic of the Fall is the first book to examine the formal logical properties of central speeches and dialogues in Paradise Lost, according to John Milton's formulae, principles, and concerns in his own Art of Logic. In so doing, this book offers unconventional but cogent readings of this poem's central issues: the respective roles and ... see all copies from £41.44! new only from £41.44!
21	Tis All One: The Anatomy of Melancholy as Belated Copious Discourse more books like this by Mary Murphy Schmelzer add to wishlist see all copies from £42.16! new only from £42.16!
22	Medieval sign theory and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight more books like this by Ross Gilbert Arthur add to wishlist see all copies from £37.76! new only from £43.67! \| first editions
23	Shakespeare and the Dialectic of Certainty more books like this by Lee A Jacobus add to wishlist Shakespeare's plays examine the theme of certainty with consummate skill, exploring evil and good, assurance and its absence, intuition and love, evidence and interpretation and the dialectical methods used to guide moral action. The first chapter of this book establishes the intellectual perspective of 16th- and 17th-century epistemology, ... see all copies from £64.72! new only from £70.09!
24	Duality and Structure in the Iliad and Odyssey more books like this by Chet A Van Duzer add to wishlist see all copies from £59.14! new only from £59.14!
25	The logical epic: a study of the argument of Paradise lost more books like this by Dennis H. Burden add to wishlist see all copies from £9.49! first editions

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