{"product_id":"terry-eagleton-a-critical-introduction-key-contemporary-thinkers-9780745636108","title":"Terry Eagleton A Critical Introduction Key","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTerry Eagleton is one of the most influential contemporary literary theorists and critics. His diverse body of work has been crucial to developments in cultural theory and literary critical practice in modern times, and for a generation of humanities students his writing has been a source of both provocation and enjoyment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Smith deftly weaves the historical background, academic arguments, and literary schools of thought together in tracing Eagleton's lengthy and diverse publications, while keeping his admiration for Eagleton carefully muted through a critical sensitivity. His writing is a pleasure to read: crisp, clear, and with a sense of momentum.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterature and Theology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"As a differentiating and circumspect writer who pays as much attention to his subject as to the larger context, Smith renders a nuanced account of Eagleton?s involved intellectual struggles.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsciousness, Literature and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Gives a comprehensive and lucid analysis of Eagleton's oevre and pays due attention to his early writings on the Catholic Left.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e readers' recommendations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Smith offers a lucid account of Eagleton's work.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is the first full treatment of Terry Eagleton's work. And, since Eagleton has written three careers' worth of work, the book is remarkable for its effortless coverage. It's also remarkable for digging up Eagleton's early work on religion. If you want to find out about Eagleton's work, this book will be a standard.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Williams, \u003ci\u003eCarnegie Mellon University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent introduction to the work of Terry Eagleton, which provides a fine-grained and wide-awake appraisal of the whole curve of his remarkable career ... Smith knows Eagleton?s work inside out, possibly by now even better than Eagleton himself, but his strongly informed sympathy with it does not inhibit him from articulating some sharp criticisms as well.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Connor, Birkbeck College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of abbreviations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Eagleton and the Catholic Left 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 From Williams to Althusser: Eagleton’s Early Literary Criticism 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Critic as Azdak: Eagleton in the 1980s 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Ideology of the Postmodern 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Nationalism, Socialism, and Ireland 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Full Circle? 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 183\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404372877655,"sku":"9780745636108","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745636108.jpg?v=1730486258","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/terry-eagleton-a-critical-introduction-key-contemporary-thinkers-9780745636108","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}