{"title":"Terry Eagleton","description":"Terry Eagleton has been the Warton Professor of English Literature at Oxford University and is the author of more than fifty books in the fields of literary theory, postmodernism, politics, ideology, and religion.","products":[{"product_id":"modernism-a-literature-in-crisis-hardcover","title":"Modernism: A Literature in Crisis - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engaging, approachable introduction to literary modernism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Modernism represented an astonishing outbreak of cultural innovation, spanning artforms and nations. It was centred around feelings of growing alienation in an industrial world, and a desire to change how people live together in society. Art, architecture, literature, and music all underwent a radical revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although it was confined to small coteries of artists and lasted no more than thirty years, its techniques were appropriated by mass culture and became familiar to millions of citizens who have never heard of Paul Klee or Gertrude Stein. It represents one of the most productive moments in art since the Renaissance, which in its scope, originality, and imaginative audacity has never been equalled. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Terry Eagleton presents a compelling and entertaining guide to modernism. From Ezra Pound to Virginia Woolf, James Joyce to H.D., Eagleton explores the literature and ideas of prominent modernists, emphasising the profound impact they had on subsequent generations.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376761241823,"sku":"9780300284379","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Q2LXmXC9DQ9780300284379.webp?v=1789225268"},{"product_id":"why-marx-was-right-paperback","title":"Why Marx Was Right - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the foremost Marxist critics of his generation forcefully argues against Marx's irrelevancy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Eagleton is] a witty, insightful thinker with a penchant for glib asides and wry dashes of humor. It's probably the only book that makes references to Tiger Woods and Mel Gibson along with Charles Fourier and Michel Foucault.\"--Michael Patrick Brady, \u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Reading a book by Terry Eagleton is like watching fireworks.\"--Dennis O'Brien, \u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking ten of the most common objections to Marxism--that it leads to political tyranny, that it reduces everything to the economic, that it is a form of historical determinism, and so on--he demonstrates in each case what a woeful travesty of Marx's own thought these assumptions are. In a world in which capitalism has been shaken to its roots by some major crises, \u003ci\u003eWhy Marx Was Right\u003c\/i\u003e is as urgent and timely as it is brave and candid. Written with Eagleton's familiar wit, humor, and clarity, it will attract an audience far beyond the confines of academia.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377356669151,"sku":"9780300231069","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/P2DvStPAUd9780300231069.webp?v=1789232882"},{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-life-a-very-short-introduction-paperback","title":"The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe phrase \"the meaning of life\" for many seems a quaint notion fit for satirical mauling by Monty Python or Douglas Adams. But in this spirited \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e, famed critic Terry Eagleton takes a serious if often amusing look at the question and offers his own surprising answer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEagleton first examines how centuries of thinkers and writers--from Marx and Schopenhauer to Shakespeare, Sartre, and Beckett--have responded to the ultimate question of meaning. He suggests, however, that it is only in modern times that the question has become problematic. But instead of tackling it head-on, many of us cope with the feelings of meaninglessness in our lives by filling them with everything from football to sex, Kabbala, Scientology, \"New Age softheadedness,\" or fundamentalism. On the other hand, Eagleton notes, many educated people believe that life is an evolutionary accident that has no intrinsic meaning. If our lives have meaning, it is something with which we manage to invest them, not something with which they come ready made. Eagleton probes this view of meaning as a kind of private enterprise, and concludes that it fails to holds up. He argues instead that the meaning of life is not a solution to a problem, but a matter of living in a certain way. It is not metaphysical but ethical. It is not something separate from life, but what makes it worth living--that is, a certain quality, depth, abundance and intensity of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere then is a brilliant discussion of the problem of meaning by a leading thinker, who writes with a light and often irreverent touch, but with a very serious end in mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Series: \u003c\/strong\u003eCombining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, \u003cstrong\u003eVery Short Introductions\u003c\/strong\u003e offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377590534367,"sku":"9780199532179","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/BLEsYDs7AI9780199532179.webp?v=1789236134"},{"product_id":"the-function-of-criticism-paperback","title":"The Function of Criticism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging book argues that criticism emerged in early bourgeois society as a central feature of a \"public sphere\" in which political, ethical, and literary judgements could mingle under the benign rule of reason. The disintegration of this fragile culture brought on a crisis in criticism, whose history since the 18th century has been fraught with ambivalence and anxiety. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEagleton's account embraces Addison and Steele, Johnson and the 19-century reviewers, such critics as Arnold and Stephen, the heyday of \u003ci\u003eScrutiny\u003c\/i\u003e and New Criticism, and finally the proliferation of avant-garde literary theories such as deconstructionism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Function of Criticism \u003c\/i\u003eis nothing less than a history and critique of the \"critical institution\" itself. Eagleton's judgements on individual critics are sharp and illuminating, which his general argument raises crucial questions about the relations between language, literature and politics.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377630871775,"sku":"9781844670550","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/HxJ5gbx54c9781844670550.webp?v=1789236238"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/terry-eagleton.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}