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'Reading Walter Benjamin' explores the persistence of absolute in Benjamin's work by sketching-out the relationship between philosphy and theology apparent in his diverse writings, from the early youth-movement essays to the later books, essays and fragments.

The book examines Benjamin from two main perspectives: a history-of-ideas approach situating Benjamin in relation to the new German-Jewish thinking at the turn of the twentieth-century, as well as the German youth movements, Surrealism and the 'Georgekreis'; and a conceptual approach examining more critical issues in...

• A concise introduction to a core and popular area of literary studies.
• Provides extended case studies which survey and summarise key critical debates and as such are invaluable for teaching.
• Places the emphasis on the text first and theory second, thus providing a unique and much needed approach to postcolonial literature, which in the past has been maligned for being theory driven.
• Takes an historical approach, thus covering a good range of texts that have generated lots of critical discussion and evaluative materials.
• Written clearly for an...

Global Literary Theory: An Anthology comprises a selection of classic, must-read essays alongside contemporary and global extracts, providing an engaging and timely overview of literary theory. The volume is thoroughly introduced in the General Introduction and Part Introductions and each piece is contextualized within the wider sphere of global theory. Each part also includes annotated suggestions for further reading to help the reader navigate the extensive literature on each topic.The volume engages with the "internationalizing" of the curriculum as well as the globalization of...

Covering over a century's worth of debate, thinking and writing about literature, this is a unique guide to the lives and works of fifty theorists who have left an indelible mark on literary studies.

Featuring theorists such as Judith Butler, Jacques Derrida, Sigmund Freud and Edward Said, this accessible guide includes:

• a glossary of terms
• full cross-referencing for maximum ease of use
• authoritative guides to further reading on and by each theorist.

An essential resource for all students of literature, Fifty Key Literary...

Jean Baudrillard is one of the most controversial theorists of our time, famous for his claim that the Gulf War never happened and for his provocative writing on terrorism, specifically 9/11. This new and fully updated second edition includes:

• an introduction to Baudrillard s key works and theories such as simulation and hyperreality
• coverage of Baudrillard s later work on the question of postmodernism
• a new chapter on Baudrillard and terrorism
• engagement with architecture and urbanism through the Utopie group
• a look...

The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature introduces the fiction, poetry and drama of Canada in its historical, political and cultural contexts.

In this clear and structured volume, Richard Lane outlines:

• the history of Canadian literature from colonial times to the present
• key texts for Canadian First Peoples and the literature of Quebec
• the impact of English translation, and the Canadian immigrant experience
• critical themes such as landscape, ethnicity, orality, textuality, war and nationhood
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