Academic game? Dangerous weapon? The most important development in 20th-century literary studies? Setting out to shake not only literary critical assumptions but the very foundations of Western thought, deconstruction remains one of the most controversial yet crucial strands of contemporary critical theory. Norris's book sets out to make deconstruction more accessible to the open-minded reader. The volume focuses upon the texts of Jacques Derrida which gave rise to this seismic shift in critical thought, as well as the work of North American critics Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, J. Hillis...

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 which caused this seismic shift in critical thought, as well as the work of North American critics Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, J. Hillis Miller and Harold Bloom.
In this third, revised edition, Norris builds on his 1991 Afterword with an entirely new Postscript, reflecting upon recent...

An introduction to criminology for htose who want to learn more, wheter they are already studying the subject or interested in the field. This title describes and analyzes the development of criminology as a discipline, explaining the main approaches and schools of throught, andhow these have been applied in practic. It htne take sthe exmaple of serial murder to demonstrate the way in which criminologists seek to understand crime, and how differnt approaches and traditions can play a part in explaining paricluar kinds of crime, and how these are represented and constructed socially.

A selection of close-readings of canonical English poems with a focus on ideas and debates in critical theory and literary history.