Browse by category
Across the Pond: An Englishman's View of America by Terry Eagleton
18.95 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
An irreverent trip through American culture by a critic who “cracks jokes as easily as one would crack walnut shells” (Washington Post). Americans have long been fascinated with the oddness of the British, but the English, says literary critic Terry Eagleton, find their transatlantic neighbors just as s ...Show more
Culture by Terry Eagleton
27.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture's value Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our fore ...Show more
Culture by Terry Eagleton
22.95 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture's valueCulture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our forem ...Show more
Culture and the Death of God by Terry Eagleton
34.95 AUD
43.95 (20% off)
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
How to live in a supposedly faithless world threatened by religious fundamentalism? Terry Eagleton, formidable thinker and renowned cultural critic, investigates in this thought-provoking book the contradictions, difficulties and significance of the modern search for a replacement for God. Engaging with ...Show more
HOW TO READ A POEM by EAGLETON TERRY
36.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. * Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relatio ...Show more
Hope Without Optimism by Terry Eagleton
32.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
In a virtuoso display of erudition, thoughtfulness and humour, Terry Eagleton teases apart the concept of hope as it has been (often mistakenly) conceptualised over six millennia, from ancient Greece to today. He distinguishes hope from simple optimism, cheeriness, desire, idealism or adherence to the d ...Show more
How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton
38.95 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full of concealed loathing, resentment, and aggression? In this accessible, delightfully entertaining book, Terry Eagleton addresses these intriguing questions and a hos ...Show more
How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton
20.95 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A literary master's entertaining guide to reading with deeper insight, better understanding, and greater pleasure "Part of the fun of the book is the way in which Eagleton prompts, provokes and at times infuriates. . . . An ideal introductory guide to critical analysis, and a thoroughly enjoyable remind ...Show more
Humour by Terry Eagleton
37.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture--by one of its greatest exponentsWritten by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laug ...Show more
Humour by Terry Eagleton
22.95 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture--by one of its greatest exponents Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of ...Show more
Marx (The Great Philosophers) by Terry Eagleton
9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Great Philosophers Ser.
'We are free when, like artists, we produce without the goad of physical necessity' Karl MarxFor Marx, freedom entailed release from commercial labour. In this highly engaging account, Eagleton outlines the relationship between production, labour and ownership which lie at the core of Marx's thinking. M ...Show more
Materialism by Terry Eagleton
34.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
In this eye-opening, intellectually stimulating appreciation of a fascinating school of philosophy, Terry Eagleton makes a powerful argument that materialism is at the center of today's important scientific and cultural as well as philosophical debates, following the inroads being made by contemporary n ...Show more