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After Theory by Terry Eagleton
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Describes that cultural theory must start thinking ambitiously - not so that it can hand the West its legitimation, but so that it can seek to make sense of the grand narratives in which it is embroiled.
Culture by Terry Eagleton
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture's value Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our fore ...Show more
Culture by Terry Eagleton
$22.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture's valueCulture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our forem ...Show more
HOW TO READ A POEM by EAGLETON TERRY
$38.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. * Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relatio ...Show more
Hope Without Optimism by Terry Eagleton
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
In a virtuoso display of erudition, thoughtfulness and humour, Terry Eagleton teases apart the concept of hope as it has been (often mistakenly) conceptualised over six millennia, from ancient Greece to today. He distinguishes hope from simple optimism, cheeriness, desire, idealism or adherence to the d ...Show more
How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton
$34.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full of concealed loathing, resentment, and aggression? In this accessible, delightfully entertaining book, Terry Eagleton addresses these intriguing questions and a hos ...Show more
How to read literature by Terry Eagleton
$19.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full of concealed loathing, resentment and aggression? In this accessible, delightfully entertaining book, Terry Eagleton addresses these intriguing questions and a host ...Show more
Humour by Terry Eagleton
$38.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture--by one of its greatest exponentsWritten by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laug ...Show more
Ideology: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton
$38.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
In the modern world, ideology has never before been so much in evidence as a fact and so little understood as a concept. In a book designed both for newcomers to the topic and for those already familiar with the debates, Terry Eagleton unravels the many different meanings of ideology, and charts the his ...Show more
Jesus Christ : The Gospels by Giles (COM) Terry (INT); Fraser Eagleton
$22.00 AUD
Category: Mythology, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Revolutions
Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton
$38.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
First published in 1983, Literary Theory: An Introduction is probably the best-selling work of literary criticism in the world today. It propelled its author to a position of such influence and controversy within the British academy that even Prince Charles once described him as "that dreadful Terry Eag ...Show more