New Accents – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien New Accents. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
91 produkter
Orality and Literacy
30th Anniversary Edition
Häftad, 2012
712 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Walter J. Ong’s classic work provides a fascinating insight into the social effects of oral, written, printed and electronic technologies, and their impact on philosophical, theological, scientific and literary thought.This thirtieth anniversary edition – coinciding with Ong’s centenary year – …
Subculture
The Meaning of Style
Av Dick Hebdige
Häftad, 1979
444 kr
Lägg i varukorg
'Hebdige's Subculture: The Meaning of Style is so important: complex and remarkably lucid, it's the first book dealing with punk to offer intellectual content. Hebdige [...] is concerned with the UK's postwar, music-centred, white working-class subcultures, from teddy boys to mods and rockers to …
Empire Writes Back
Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures
Av Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
535 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The experience of colonization and the challenges of a post-colonial world have produced an explosion of new writing in English. This diverse and powerful body of literature has established a specific practice of post-colonial writing in cultures as various as India, Australia, the West Indies and …
Politics of Postmodernism
Häftad, 2002
619 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This classic text remains one of the clearest and most incisive introductions to postmodernism. Perhaps more importantly, it is a compelling discussion of why postmodernism matters. Working through the issue of representation in art forms from fiction to photography, Linda Hutcheon sets out …
Making a Difference
Feminist Literary Criticism
Häftad, 1985
728 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Feminist scholarship employs gender as a fundamental organizing category of human experience, holding two related premises: men and women have different perceptions or experiences in the same contexts, the male perspective having been dominant in fields of knowledge; and that gender is not a …
Telling Stories
A Theoretical Analysis of Narrative Fiction
Av Steven Cohan, Linda M. Shires
Häftad, 1988
728 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Telling Stories overturns traditional definitions of narrative by arguing that any story, whether a Bette Davis film, a jeans ad, a Jane Austen novel of a 'Cathy' comic, must be related to larger cultural networks. The authors show how meanings and subjectivity do not exist in isolation, but are …
Fantasy
The Literature of Subversion
Häftad, 1981
745 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study argues against vague interpretations of fantasy as mere escapism and seeks to define it as a distinct kind of narrative. A general theoretical section introduces recent work on fantasy, notably Tzventan Todorov's The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre (1973). Dr …
Metafiction
The Theory and Practice of Self-Conscious Fiction
Häftad, 1984
745 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Metafiction begins by surveying the state of contemporary fiction in Britain and America and explores the complex political, social and economic factors which influence critical judgment of fiction. The author shows how, as the novel has been eclipsed by the mass media, novelists have sought to …
Alternative Shakespeares
Volume 2
Häftad, 1996
745 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Alternative Shakespeares, published in 1985, shook up the world of Shakespearean studies, demythologising Shakespeare and applying new theories to the study of his work. Alternative Shakespeares: Volume 2 investigates Shakespearean criticism over a decade later, introducing new debates and new …
Post-Colonial Shakespeares
Häftad, 1998
578 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Postcolonial Shakespeares is an exciting step forward in the dialogue between postcolonial studies and Shakespearean criticism. This unique volume features original work by some of the leading critics within the growing field of Shakespeare studies and is the most authoritative collection on this …
Culture and the Real
Theorizing Cultural Criticism
Inbunden, 2004
2102 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What makes us the people we are? Culture evidently plays a part, but how large a part? Is culture alone the source of our identities? Some have argued that human nature is the foundation of culture, others that culture is the foundation of human identity. Catherine Belsey calls for a more nuanced, …
Culture and the Real
Theorizing Cultural Criticism
Häftad, 2004
477 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What makes us the people we are? Culture evidently plays a part, but how large a part? Is culture alone the source of our identities? Some have argued that human nature is the foundation of culture, others that culture is the foundation of human identity. Catherine Belsey calls for a more nuanced, …
Critical Practice
Inbunden, 2002
2890 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What is poststructuralist theory, and what difference does it make to literary criticism? Where do we find the meaning of the text: in the author's head? in the reader's? Or do we, instead, make meaning in the practice of reading itself? If so, what part do our own values play in the process of …
Critical Practice
Häftad, 2002
544 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What is poststructuralist theory, and what difference does it make to literary criticism? Where do we find the meaning of the text: in the author's head? in the reader's? Or do we, instead, make meaning in the practice of reading itself? If so, what part do our own values play in the process of …
Dialogism
Bakhtin and His World
Inbunden, 2002
2890 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Holquist's masterly study draws on all of Bakhtin's known writings providing a comprehensive account of his achievement. Widely acknowledged as an exceptional guide to Bakhtin and dialogics, this book now includes a new introduction, concluding chapter and a fully updated bibliography. He argues …
Dialogism
Bakhtin and His World
Häftad, 2002
544 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Holquist's masterly study draws on all of Bakhtin's known writings providing a comprehensive account of his achievement. Widely acknowledged as an exceptional guide to Bakhtin and dialogics, this book now includes a new introduction, concluding chapter and a fully updated bibliography. He argues …
Deconstruction
Theory and Practice
Inbunden, 2002
2454 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Deconstruction: Theory and Practice has been acclaimed as by far the most readable, concise and authoritative guide to this topic. Without oversimplifying or glossing over the challenges, Norris makes deconstruction more accessible to the reader. The volume focuses on the works of Jacques Derrida …
Deconstruction
Theory and Practice
Häftad, 2002
611 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Deconstruction: Theory and Practice has been acclaimed as by far the most readable, concise and authoritative guide to this topic. Without oversimplifying or glossing over the challenges, Norris makes deconstruction more accessible to the reader. The volume focuses on the works of Jacques Derrida …
Sexual/Textual Politics
Feminist Literary Theory
Av Toril Moi
Inbunden, 2002
2454 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What are the political implications of a feminist critical practice? How do the problems of the literary text relate to the priorities and perspectives of feminist politics as a whole?Sexual/Textual Politics addresses these fundamental questions and examines the strengths and limitations of the two …
Sexual/Textual Politics
Feminist Literary Theory
Av Toril Moi
Häftad, 2002
678 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What are the political implications of a feminist critical practice? How do the problems of the literary text relate to the priorities and perspectives of feminist politics as a whole?Sexual/Textual Politics addresses these fundamental questions and examines the strengths and limitations of the two …
Politics of Postmodernism
Inbunden, 2002
2513 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This classic text remains one of the clearest and most incisive introductions to postmodernism. Perhaps more importantly, it is a compelling discussion of why postmodernism matters. Working through the issue of representation in art forms from fiction to photography, Linda Hutcheon sets out …
Semiotics of Theatre and Drama
Av Keir Elam
Inbunden, 2002
2454 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The late twentieth century saw an explosion of interest in semiotics, the science of the signs and processes by which we communicate. In this study, the first of its kind in English, Keir Elam shows how this new 'science' can provide a radical shift in our understanding of theatrical performance, …
Semiotics of Theatre and Drama
Av Keir Elam
Häftad, 2002
544 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The late twentieth century saw an explosion of interest in semiotics, the science of the signs and processes by which we communicate. In this study, the first of its kind in English, Keir Elam shows how this new 'science' can provide a radical shift in our understanding of theatrical performance, …
Empire Writes Back
Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures
Av Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
2731 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The experience of colonization and the challenges of a post-colonial world have produced an explosion of new writing in English. This diverse and powerful body of literature has established a specific practice of post-colonial writing in cultures as various as India, Australia, the West Indies and …
Narrative Fiction
Contemporary Poetics
Inbunden, 2002
2890 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What is a narrative? What is narrative fiction? How does it differ from other kinds of narrative? What featuers turn a discourse into a narrative text? Now widely acknowledged as one of the most significant volumes in its field, Narrative Fiction turns its attention to these and other questions.In …
Narrative Fiction
Contemporary Poetics
Häftad, 2002
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
745 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What is a narrative? What is narrative fiction? How does it differ from other kinds of narrative? What featuers turn a discourse into a narrative text? Now widely acknowledged as one of the most significant volumes in its field, Narrative Fiction turns its attention to these and other questions.In …
Alternative Shakespeares
Inbunden, 2002
2454 kr
Lägg i varukorg
When critical theory met literary studies in the 1970s and '80s, some of the most radical and exciting theoretical work centred on the quasi-sacred figure of Shakespeare. In Alternative Shakespeares, John Drakakis brought together key essays by founding figures in this movement to remake …
Alternative Shakespeares
Av John Drakakis, John Drakakis
Häftad, 2002
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
544 kr
Lägg i varukorg
When critical theory met literary studies in the 1970s and '80s, some of the most radical and exciting theoretical work centred on the quasi-sacred figure of Shakespeare. In Alternative Shakespeares, John Drakakis brought together key essays by founding figures in this movement to remake …
Rewriting English
Av Janet Batsleer, Tony Davies m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1750 kr
Lägg i varukorg
First Published in 2002. It is easy to see that we are living in a time of rapid and radical social change. It is much less easy to grasp the fact that such change will inevitably affect the nature of those disciplines that both reflect our society and help to shape it. Yet this is nowhere more …
English and Englishness
Av Brian Doyle
Inbunden, 2002
1415 kr
Lägg i varukorg
First published in 2002. This volume is part of the New Accent series looking at English and popular culture, language, policy, fiction and democracy. Each volume in the series will seek to encourage rather than resist the process of change; to stretch rather than reinforce the boundaries that …
