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Using a varied blend of approaches, the author places the creative writer and artist within a modern history of arguments over questions of creativity, and discusses creativity as a social-cultural practice, presenting it as an historical, political and inevitably compromised practice which must always be in dispute.

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"Crimes of the Future sees one of the world's leading literary theorists exploring the past, present and potential future of Theory"--

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"Crimes of the Future sees one of the world's leading literary theorists exploring the past, present and potential future of Theory"--

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This book introduces a new, more inclusive field of scholarship for literary studies, cultural studies and medical humanities that explores the potential of neurodiverse scholarly practice in literary and cultural studies.

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Bringing the resources of critical theory to bear on the genre of dystopian fiction, this volume demonstrates both the continuing potential of Theodor Adornos work on literature, and the meaning of dystopia when considered in the light of Adornos critique of modernity.

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Bringing the resources of critical theory to bear on the genre of dystopian fiction, this volume demonstrates both the continuing potential of Theodor Adornos work on literature, and the meaning of dystopia when considered in the light of Adornos critique of modernity.

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This is a brilliant discussion of the language of literary criticism and a key work in the Barthes canon. It is a cultural and intellectual challenge to those who believe in the clarity, flexibility and neutrality of language, couched in Barthes' own inimitable and provocative style.

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Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a major French writer, literary theorist and critic of French culture and society. His classic works include Mythologies and Camera Lucida. This work in the Barthes canon offers a discussion of the language of literary criticism.

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Explores theory, criticism and psychology through the texts of Raymond Roussel, one of the fathers of experimental writing, whose work has been celebrated by the likes of Cocteau, Duchamp, Breton, Robbe Grillet, Gide, and Giacometti. This work includes an introduction, chronology and bibliography to Foucault's work.

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This is the book that introduced deconstruction as a tool for literary and cultural theorists throughout the English-speaking world, and set the ball rolling for the subsequent controversies over the use of theory to study liuterature.

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Explores the implications of scientific discourse on Russian concepts of mental illness and national health -- .

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Jacques Derrida is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. This guide provides students with an introduction to Derrida, the key concepts and ideas associated with his work and the major subjects he addresses. It also introduces Derrida's ideas, work, reception and his wider philosophical and critical influence.

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Jacques Derrida is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. This guide provides students with an introduction to Derrida, the key concepts and ideas associated with his work and the major subjects he addresses. It also introduces Derrida's ideas, work, reception and his wider philosophical and critical influence.

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Examines how modern fiction writers use the detective plot to enrich and complicate their narratives.

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Examines how modern fiction writers use the detective plot to enrich and complicate their narratives.

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Not a general dictionary of literary terms, the Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory treats seventy fundamental and overarching concepts from allegory and allusion to tragedy and unity.

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A. Owen Aldridge shows that early American literature is not an isolated phenomenon, but one affected by the same influences which operated upon other literatures of the period. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the disti

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