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ISBN: 9780748643189 - Reading and Responsibility

Reading and Responsibility
Derek Attridge

ISBN10: 0748643184 ISBN13: 9780748643189
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sep 2011
Newly available in paperback, this book traces a close engagement with Derrida's writing over two decades examining the relationship between deconstruction, literature and ethics. What is the importance of deconstruction, and the writing of... More

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ISBN: 9780521545532 - The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce

The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce
Derek Attridge

ISBN10: 0521545536 ISBN13: 9780521545532
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 17 Jun 2004
This second edition will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom. This second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Joyce contains several revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Joyce's politics, a fresh sense of the... More

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ISBN: 9780415484190 - Theory After 'theory'

Theory After 'theory'
Derek Attridge, Jane Elliott

ISBN10: 0415484197 ISBN13: 9780415484190
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 23 Mar 2011
Argues that theory, far from being dead, has undergone major shifts in order to come to terms with the most urgent cultural and political questions. Offering an overview of theory's directions, this collection includes essays on affect... More

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ISBN: 9780415335935 - The Singularity of Literature

The Singularity of Literature
Derek Attridge

ISBN10: 0415335930 ISBN13: 9780415335935
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 08 Apr 2004
What is literature? What makes a text "literary" and how do we explain its extraordinary ability to unsettle, intoxicate and delight its readers? Throughout the centuries, influential thinkers have struggled with these questions, but no one has... More

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Peculiar Language
Derek Attridge

ISBN10: 0415340586 ISBN13: 9780415340588
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 27 May 2004
First published in 1988, this classic text is established as one of the most important discussions of the language of literature. Re-issued as a result of recent critical interest, this edition includes a new preface by the author. First published... More

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ISBN: 9780226031170 - J.M.Coetzee and the Ethics of Reading

J.M.Coetzee and the Ethics of Reading
Derek Attridge

ISBN10: 0226031179 ISBN13: 9780226031170
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 May 2005
Nobel Prize-winning novelist J. M. Coetzee is one of the most widely taught contemporary writers, but also one of the most elusive. Many critics who have addressed his work have devoted themselves to rendering it more accessible and acceptable... More

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Poetic Rhythm
Derek Attridge

ISBN10: 0521423694 ISBN13: 9780521423694
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 28 Sep 1995
This is the first introduction to rhythm and meter that begins where students are: as speakers of English familiar with the rhythms of ordinary spoken language, and of popular verse such as nursery rhymes, songs, and rap. Poetic rhythm builds on... More

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Meter and Meaning
Derek Attridge, Thomas Carper

ISBN10: 0415311756 ISBN13: 9780415311755
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Aug 2003
In Meter and Meaning, poet Thomas Carper and scholar Derek Attridge join forces to present a user-friendly way to explore the rhythms of poetry in English.The authors begin by showing the value of performing any poem aloud, so that we can sense... More

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James Joyce's "Ulysses"
Derek Attridge

ISBN10: 0195158318 ISBN13: 9780195158311
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 26 Feb 2004
James Joyce's Ulysses is probably the most famous-or notorious-novel published in the twentieth century. Its length and difficulty mean that readers often turn to critical studies to help them in getting the most out of it. But the vast quantity... More

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How to Read Joyce
Derek Attridge

ISBN10: 1862079129 ISBN13: 9781862079120
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Feb 2007
James Joyce is known most widely as a "difficult" writer, even if he is no longer thought of as a "dirty" one. This book shows how even the shortest passage of Joyce's writing can yield its humour and its insights without the need for immense... More

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