Overview :Here is the fiery, provocative, and unparalleled work of feminist art criticism that launched Camille Paglia's exceptional career as one of ... Read More
Overview :A perfect square is transformed in this adventure story that will transport you far beyond the four equal sides of this square book. ... Read More
Overview :From the producers of The Ring and Disturbia comes a nail-biting thriller, THE UNINVITED. Following the suspicious death of their mother, si... Read More
Overview :For two decades, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, Nabokov introduced undergraduates to the delights of great fiction. Here, collected... Read More
Overview :Since the late 1980s, queer studies and theory have become vital to the intellectual and political life of the United States. This has been ... Read More
Overview :From Plato to Freud to ecocriticism, the book illustrates dozens of stimulating-and sometimes notoriously complex-perspectives for approachi... Read More
Overview :Now in paperback, Fredric Jameson's most wide-ranging work seeks to crystalize a definition of "postmodernism." Jameson's inquiry looks at t... Read More
Overview :Jacques Derrida is one of the most prolific and influential contemporary French intellectuals. Twenty-two essays and excerpts from Derrida's... Read More
Overview :First published in 1977, Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes is the great literary theorist's most original work--a brilliant and playful text,... Read More
Overview : The Liberal Imagination is one of the most admired and influential works of criticism of the last century, a work that is not only a master... Read More
Overview :Includes the essay "Notes on Camp," the inspiration for the 2019 exhibition Notes on Fashion: Camp at the Costume Institute of the Metropoli... Read More
Overview :"This concise and lucid volume offers a satisfying survey of all the major theories, from structuralism in the 1960s to deconstruction today... Read More
Overview :Tone is a collaborative study of literary tone, a notoriously challenging and slippery topic for criticism. Both granular and global, infusi... Read More
Overview :The gold standard anthology for anyone who wants to understand the development and current state of literary theory. Offering 191 pieces by ... Read More
Overview :Kenneth Burke's innovative use of dramatism and dialectical method have made him a powerful critical force in an extraordinary variety of di... Read More
Overview :An astonishing work of cultural criticism, this book is widely recognized as a brilliant and devastating challenge to conventional views of ... Read More
Overview :A sociological history of literary studies--both as a discipline and as a profession. As the humanities in higher education struggle with a... Read More
Overview :Widely regarded as one of the most profound critics of our time, Ren Girard has pursued a powerful line of inquiry across the fields of the... Read More