{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerry Eagleton\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Cultural Theory and John Rylands Fellow, University of Manchester. His other books include \u003ci\u003eIdeology\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Function of Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHeathcliff and the Great Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Grain\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWalter Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCriticism and Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e, all from Verso.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330092962066,"sku":"9780860918417","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d88b6242-f7e0-48e1-9332-3eb5dac89258.jpg?v=1727791224","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/against-the-grain-essays-1975-1985-9780860918417","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}