Reviewed in the LRB - Vol. 46 No. 19
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Edited by Pascale-Anne Brault and Peggy Kamuf, transalted by E.S. BurtJacques Derrida explores the ramifications of what we owe to others.Hospitality reproduces a two-year seminar series delivered by Jacques Derrida at…
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Edited by Pascale-Anne Brault and Peggy Kamuf, transalted by Peggy KamufJacques Derrida explores the ramifications of what we owe to others.Hospitality reproduces a two-year seminar series delivered by Jacques…
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How have the English conceived of Scotland? Lorna Hutson's book is an essential intervention in the contested narrative of British nationhood. It argues that England deployed a mythical 'British History' in pursuing dominion over its…
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The Genius of Their Age provides an overview of the life and works of Ibn Sina and Biruni from Central Asia. Both thinkers achieved stunning breakthroughs in various fields, such as medicine, astronomy, mathematics, philosophy,…
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How the modern world has understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter todayThe study of ancient Greek history has been central to the western conception of history since the Renaissance. The Muse of History traces the…
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Edited by Carson WelchMagisterial lectures on the major figures of French theory from 'America’s leading Marxist critic'Fredric Jameson introduces here the major themes of French theory: existentialism, structuralism,…
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Edited by Ralph PiteThis volume in the 21st-Century Oxford Authors series offers students a comprehensive selection of the work of Thomas Hardy—the first for nearly thirty years. The edition presents the poetry in a new way by…
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Edited by David BromwichA generous selection of poems by a major Victorian writer, a virtuoso of traditional forms who came to be recognized as a uniquely inventive and original voice in modern poetry This selection of poems by Thomas…
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Woman Much Missed is the first book-length study of the many poems (over 150) that Thomas Hardy composed in the wake of the death of his first wife Emma in November of 1912. Mark Ford uses these poems to develop a narrative of their…
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A 'beautifully imagined and superbly written' (Jenny Offill) novel about Peggy Guggenheim, a story of art, family, love, and becoming yourself, by the award-winning author of Under the Bridge, soon to be a Hulu limited series.'I was a…
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Wrong Norma is Anne Carson's first book of original material in eight years'If she was a prose writer she would instantly be recognised as a genius'COLM TÓIBÍN, author of Brooklyn'She pinpoints the collision of…
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An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge'Surprising, chilling, and electric' - Alice Winn, bestselling author of IN MEMORIAM'Moving, unnerving and deeply sexy' - Tracy…
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