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21. Rhetoric

    By Jennifer Richards

    Series: The New Critical Idiom

    Rhetoric has shaped our understanding of the nature of language and the purpose of literature for over two millennia. It is of crucial importance in understanding the development of literary history as well as elements of philosophy, politics and culture. The nature and practise of rhetoric was...

    Published August 28th 2007 by Routledge
22. Elegy

    By David Kennedy

    Series: The New Critical Idiom

    Grief and mourning are generally considered to be private, yet universal instincts. But in a media age of televised funerals and visible bereavement, elegies are increasingly significant and open to public scrutiny. Providing an overview of the history of the term and the different ways in which it...

    Published August 20th 2007 by Routledge
23. Metaphor

    By David Punter

    Series: The New Critical Idiom

    Metaphor is a central concept in literary studies, but it is also prevalent in everyday language and speech. Recent literary theories such as postmodernism and deconstruction have transformed the study of the text and revolutionized our thinking about metaphor. In this fascinating volume, David...

    Published June 4th 2007 by Routledge
24. Performativity

    By James Loxley

    Series: The New Critical Idiom

    Do our writings and our utterances reflect or describe our world, or do they intervene in it? Do they, perhaps, help to make it? If so, how? Within what limits, and with what implications? Contemporary theorists have considered the ways in which the languages we speak might be ‘performative’ in...

    Published November 16th 2006 by Routledge
25. Mimesis

    By Matthew Potolsky

    Series: The New Critical Idiom

    A topic that has become increasingly central to the study of art, performance and literature, the term mimesis has long been used to refer to the relationship between an image and its ‘real’ original. However, recent theorists have extended the concept, highlighting new perspectives on key concerns...

    Published February 22nd 2006 by Routledge
26. Science Fiction

    2nd Edition

    By Adam Roberts

    Series: The New Critical Idiom

    Science Fiction is a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to one of the most popular areas of modern culture. This second edition reflects how the field is rapidly changing in both its practice and its critical reception. With an entirely new conclusion and all other chapters fully reworked...

    Published December 14th 2005 by Routledge
27. The Sublime

    By Philip Shaw

    Series: The New Critical Idiom

    Often labelled as ‘indescribable’, the sublime is a term that has been debated for centuries amongst writers, artists, philosophers and theorists. Usually related to ideas of the great, the awe-inspiring and the overpowering, the sublime has become a complex yet crucial concept in many disciplines....

    Published November 23rd 2005 by Routledge
28. Adaptation and Appropriation

    By Julie Sanders

    Series: The New Critical Idiom

    From the apparently simple adaptation of a text into film, theatre or a new literary work, to the more complex appropriation of style or meaning, it is arguable that all texts are somehow connected to a network of existing texts and art forms. Combining theoretical grounding with the aesthetic...

    Published October 16th 2005 by Routledge
29. Genre

    By John Frow

    Series: The New Critical Idiom

    Genre is a key means by which we categorize the many forms of literature and culture. But it is also much more than that: in talk and writing, in music and images, in film and television, genres actively generate and shape our knowledge of the world. Understanding genre as a dynamic process rather...

    Published September 18th 2005 by Routledge
30. Colonialism/Postcolonialism

    2nd Edition

    By Ania Loomba

    Series: The New Critical Idiom

    Colonialism/Postcolonialism is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the historical and theoretical dimensions of colonial and postcolonial studies. Ania Loomba deftly introduces and examines: key features of the ideologies and history of colonialism the relationship of colonial discourse to...

    Published August 24th 2005 by Routledge