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Literature Among Discourses: The Spanish Golden Age Literature Among Discourses The Spanish Golden Age Wlad Godzich and Nicholas Spadaccini, Editors 1986 Fall
The Newly Born Woman The Newly Born Woman Helene Cixous and Catherine Clement 1986 Spring
Published in France as Le jeune née in 1975, and found here in its first English translation, The Newly Born Woman is a landmark text of the modern feminist movement. In it, Hélène Cixous and Catherine Clément put forward the concept of écriture feminine, exploring the ways women’s sexuality and unconscious shape their imaginary, their language, and their writing. Through their readings of historical, literary, and psychoanalytic accounts, Cixous and Clément explore what is hidden and repressed in culture, revealing the unconscious of history.
Heterologies: Discourse on the Other Heterologies Discourse on the Other Michel de Certeau 1986 Spring
Sixteen essays that illustrate the author’s work in the fields of history, literary studies and psychoanalysis.
The Power of Genre The Power of Genre Adena Rosmarin 1986 Spring
Just Gaming Just Gaming Jean-François Lyotard and Jean-Loup Thébaud 1985 Fall
Just Gaming
The Poetics of Plot: The Case of English Renaissance Drama The Poetics of Plot The Case of English Renaissance Drama Thomas G. Pavel 1985 Spring
A unique methodology for plot analysis focusing on an important body of English Renaissance dramas.
Theory and History of Folklore Theory and History of Folklore Vladimir Propp Anatoly Liberman, Editor 1984 Spring
A selection of seven essays and three book chapters from Russian folklorist Propp’s later work.
The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge The Postmodern Condition A Report on Knowledge Jean-François Lyotard 1984 Spring
This founding essay of the postmodern movement argues that knowledge-science, technology, and the arts-has undergone a change of status since the 19th century and especially since the late 1950s.
Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics Mikhail Bakhtin Caryl Emerson, Editor 1984 Spring
This important 20th-century theory of the novel focuses on “Dostoevskian discourse.”
Story and Situation: Narrative Seduction and the Power of Fiction Story and Situation Narrative Seduction and the Power of Fiction Ross Chambers 1984 Spring
Studies the relation between teller and listener in a set of French, English, and American short stories from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Blindness and Insight: Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism Blindness and Insight Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism Paul de Man 1983 Fall
A new edition of a classic work in contemporary criticism.
Of Huck and Alice: Humorous Writing in American Literature Of Huck and Alice Humorous Writing in American Literature Neil Schmitz 1983 Spring
The Rape of Clarissa: Writing, Sexuality, and Class Struggle in Samuel Richardson The Rape of Clarissa Writing, Sexuality, and Class Struggle in Samuel Richardson Terry Eagleton 1982 Fall
Combines Marxist, feminist, and post-structuralist ideas to show how Richardson’s writing anticipated many of the sexual and political concerns of our time.
Toward an Aesthetic of Reception Toward an Aesthetic of Reception Hans Robert Jauss 1982 Fall
This volume presents for the first time in English the foundational writings of the leading proponent of the aesthetic of reception. Jauss here attempts to develop categories to channel conventional literary history into a history of aesthetic experience. These essays explore the relation of art history to social history, the nature of genres in the middle ages, and provide exemplary readings in the comparative analysis of literature.
Germanic Accentology Germanic Accentology Anatoly Liberman None None
“Liberman is a scholar of wide multilingual erudition, and has a magnificent gift for languages and their comparative analyses ... He is equally strong in the historical comparison of languages and in their typology. The problems of sound systems and especially their accentual patterning ... have led him to important new discoveries ... This book is a welcome substantial contribution to the cultural history of Germanic languages and to general linguistics.” - Roman Jackson