{"product_id":"against-the-grain-essays-1975-1985-9780860918417","title":"Against the Grain: Essays 1975-1985","description":"These essays (and a ballad) have their origins in Terry Eagleton's continuing engagement with the possibilities of a literary criticism that is both materialist and open to diverse currents of thought in the human sciences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEagleton's combative intelligence here explores the encounter between Marxism and contemporary European and American literary theory. Included are a survey of the Althusserian contribution to literary analysis; thoughts on the fraught relations between Marxism and poststructuralism; and a brilliant evocation of the affinities and tensions between Wittgenstein, Derrida and Bakhtin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntellectual figures in this wide-ranging topography include Jacques Derrida; the radical critic Fredric Jameson; the apostle of deconstruction, Paul de Man; the liberal humanist John Bayley; Bertoit Brecht; William Empson and Pierre Machersy. The volume also includes Eagleton's brilliant reading of Conrad's \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Agent\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst the Grain\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent introduction to the range of Terry Eagleton's thought and his considerable body of work. It is also a useful primer for all readers interested in the vitality of literary theory today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780860918417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Terry Eagleton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43448951865525,"sku":"9780860918417","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_25f8496b-bd44-445e-9c59-8fad709f2d8f.jpg?v=1704214948","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/against-the-grain-essays-1975-1985-9780860918417","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}