Books in the Blackwell Critical Reader series

* Compiled as a cutting--edge critical companion to the major anthology. * Contains 18 key essays on Romanticism written in the last 10 years. * Represents a wide range of theoretical approaches. * Major contributors include Edward Said, Jerome J. McGann, Marilyn Butler, Tom Paulin and others. .

Victorian Poets: A Critical Reader features a collection of critical essays focusing on various aspects of Victorian-era poetry from the 1830s to the 1890s.

aeo Interdisciplinary approach, including contributors from philosophy, literature and social sciences. aeo Critical dimension, undermining the a constructiona of Fanon in elite postcolonial cultural studies. aeo Includes new translations of key passages from Fanon, revealing previous misrepresentations.

This comprehensive text offers a systematic and thematic approach to West's philosophical work. It moves the reader through his distinctive form of prophetic pragmatism, his historicist and improvisational philosophy of religion, and his reflections on a range of cultural issues.

This volume is an edited collection of scholarly essays on the work of Theodor W. Adorno that brings together many of the world's top critics to examine his lasting impact.

Offers a vivid new picture of Kierkegaard as one of the most important figures of modern European philosophy. Includes contributions from Emmanuel Levinas, Paul Ricoeur, George Steiner, David Wood, Sylviane Agacinski, Jacques Derrida, Joakim Garff, Gabriel Josipovici, and Wilhelm Anz.

Soren Kierkegaard - the Danish author who published dozens of works of fiction, theology, philosophy and personal confession before his death in 1855 at the age of 42 - would appear to be changing. Beginning with an introduction outlining the history of Kierkegaard's reputation, this title includes essays which paints a picture of the Kierkegaard.

A critical reader designed to accompany "Nineteenth-century American Women Writers: An Anthology". It contains twelve essays exploring the matters of history, canonicity, and criticism, highlighting the collective importance of nineteenth-century women's writing, and illuminating the hybrid texts and shorter genres that women produced.

This collection of previously published essays acts as a companion to Chaucer to Spenser: An Anthology of Writings in English 1375 --1575. It pays particular attention to those critics who have had the most powerful recent impact on our reading of the texts of the period.

Containing 17 essays by 16 contemporary literary critics, this text presents late-1990s thinking of 17th- to 18th-century literature. It aims to help students and teachers find new approaches to central canonical works and also provides introductions to several of the less well known writers.

Exploring central themes of Wittgenstein's oeuvre, this volume includes topics such as meaning and use, rule following, the picture theory of language, and the nature of philosophy. It also contains topics in which Wittgenstein's influence is becoming apparent, such as intentionality and ethics.

This Critical Reader provides a new perspective on the work of Francea s foremost social theorist Pierre Bourdieu, by examining its philosophical import and promoting a fruitful dialogue between Bourdieu and philosophers in the English--speaking world.

Derrida has had a profound influence on the way texts are read. Deconstruction has become a Sphinx-like feature of the modern critical landscape. The contributors to this volume have endeavoured to take a critical view of Derrida's oeuvre.

This collection of writings on Frederick Douglass examines the explicit and implicit philosophical themes and arguments that resonate through his texts. Contributors to the volume include Angela Davis, Bernard Boxill, Howard McGary and Lewis Gordon.

Comprised of classic and newly--commissioned papers from leading theorists, this volume provides a wide--ranging critical introduction to the thought of Jurgen Habermas. Some contributions explore the relation between Habermasa s philosophy and the thought of major predecessors, including Kant, Hegel, Marx and Heidegger.

Interdisciplinary approach, including contributors from philosophy, literature and social sciences. Critical dimension, undermining the 'construction' of Fanon in elite postcolonial cultural studies. Includes new translations of key passages from Fanon, revealing previous misrepresentations.

This volume is an edited collection of scholarly essays on the work of Theodor W. Adorno that brings together many of the world's top critics to examine his lasting impact.

* Comprehensive coverage of Anglo-American German and French Interpretations* Combines newly-commissioned articles with key canonical essays* Contains comprehensive introductory essay, bibliography, glossary and index. .

Self--described "intellectual terrorist" Jean Baudrillard is one of the most important and provocative writers of the contemporary era. Widely acclaimed as the prophet to postmodernity, he has famously announced the disappearance of the subject, political economy, meaning, truth, the social, and the real in contemporary social formations.

Delineates the concerns and considerations, principles and practices, concepts and categories that fall under the rubric of "multiculturalism". This readers analyzes themes such as the relations between self and other, selves and others; between knowledge, power, pedagogy, and empowerment; and between meaning, ambiguity, and representation.

* Covers the central themes of Wittgensteina s oeuvre. * Provides a collection of newly--commissioned essays by internationally established philosophers. * Includes an excellent preface that explains the various perspectives of the contributors and offers an introduction to Wittgensteina s work. .

This collection brings together Gilles Deleuze's criticism and commentary published in recent years, along with essays by contributors knowledgable enough to write on Deleuze. It is distinguished by its orientation towards Deleuze's solo work, particularly his major philosophical works.

This collection of previously published essays acts as a companion to Chaucer to Spenser: An Anthology of Writings in English 1375 --1575. It pays particular attention to those critics who have had the most powerful recent impact on our reading of the texts of the period.

A collection of articles on Michel Foucault which confirms his position as one of the most influential thinkers in this last quarter of the century, and simultaneously demonstrates the current ambivalence among philosophers and social scientists about the actual grounds for such an assessment.

aeo Offers an elegant introduction to Bataille. aeo Contains major essays by eminent theorists. aeo Reveals Batailles pivotal position for theorists including Baudrillard, Blanchot, Derrida, Foucault, and Habermas.

Designed to complement DeMariaa s textbook British Literature 1640--1789: An Anthology , this critical reader contains seventeen essays by sixteen contemporary literary critics and covers the full range of works printed in the anthology.