Eco's essays read like letters from a friend, trying to share something he loves with someone he likes.... Read this brilliant, enjoyable, and possibly revolutionary book." -George J. Leonard, San Francisco Review of Books ... a wealth of insight and instruction." -J. O. Tate, National Review If anyone can make [semiotics] clear, it's Professor ......
An increasing number of philosophers are engaged in contemporary discussions in the philosophy of the arts. This work includes a broad sampling of original essays in philosophy and literature; philosophy and particular art forms, such as music; and traditional questions in philosophical aesthetics.
In What's Wrong with Postmodernism Norris critiques the ""postmodern-pragmatist malaise"" of Baudrillard, Fish, Rorty, and Lyotard. In contrast he finds a continuing critical impulsean ""enlightened or emancipatory interest""in thinkers like Derrida, de Man, Bhaskar, and Habermas. Offering a provocative reassessment of Derrida's ......
Selected Papers from the English Institute, 1987-88
''Highly articulate, sophisticated, and tightly imbricated essays. This volume will make exceptionally fine reading for those well-acquainted with the rigorous techniques of theory.''--English Language Notes.
''It almost goes without saying that a new book by Michael Riffaterre is an important book . . . and Fictional Truth does not disappoint . . . Essential reading for everyone interested in the way narrative works.''--Modern Fiction Studies.''There is no doubt that this book is indispensable not only for critics and students of the novel but for ......
A valuable, provoking, important addition to any theatre scholar or practitioner's library, especially since feminist theory is a relative newcomer to the world of theatre.
Aspects of Intertextuality in Folklore and Literature
From a 'comic strip' papyrus dating from Egypt's New Kingdom to the works of Stein, Joyce, and Barth, 'nonsense' texts reveal a set of possibilities as rich and complex as the more conventional system of 'making sense' from which they are derived. Examining palindromes, children's rhymes, puns, anagrams, code languages, and other texts, Susan ......
Seven noted scholars examine slave narratives and the topic of slavery in American literature, from Frederick Douglass's Narrative (1845)-- treated in chapters by James Olney and William L. Andrews-- to Sheley Anne William's ''Dessa Rose'' (1984). Among the contributors, Arnold Rampersad reads W.E.B. DuBois's classic work ''The Souls of Black ......
''A rich resource for readers interested in the study of American culture.''--South Atlantic Review.''The essays are noteworthy in their own right, and the collection overall is unified and coherent . . . Reading in America shows a field in its early stages that is attracting a group of extremely talented scholars.''--Journal of American History.
