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Cultural & Literary Theory

The Past Within Us

by Tessa Morris-Suzuki
What happens when history is interpreted and disseminated by movies, TV and comic books?
Freud and the Non-European

by Edward W. Said
Banned by the Freud Institute in Vienna, this controversial lecture became Edward Said's final book.
Hollywood Flatlands

by Esther Leslie
Brings to light the links between animation, avant-garde art and modernist criticism.
From the Lower East Side to Hollywood

by Paul Buhle
A lively, extensively illustrated history of the widespread influence of Jews on American popular culture through the twentieth century.

Paris Manhattan

by Peter Wollen
Unexpected connections between visual arts and other media, from Magritte and Kahlo to fashion and film.
God

by Régis Debray
Traces the episodes of the genesis of God, His itinerary and the costs of His survival, with an eye on the machinery of its production.
Debating World Literature

Edited by Christopher Prendergast
Goethe's Weltliteratur, and the cultural forms of globalization.
The Body in the Library

Edited by Iain Bamforth
A unique tour of the history of medicine and its practitioners.

Bluebeard's Chamber

by Michael Maar
Germany's most gifted literary critic on the critical discussion of Thomas Mann.
Crime in Literature

by Vincenzo Ruggiero
Addresses the issues of crime and crime control through the reading of several classical literary works.
Ehud’s Dagger

by James Holstun
“A work brimming with intelligence.”—Chris Fitter, Rutgers University
Wooden Eyes

by Carlo Ginzburg
An illuminating and thought-provoking study of the various meanings of distance.

The Way of the World

by Franco Moretti
“Short, brilliant, provocative and often entertainingly upbeat.”—New Society
Atlas of the European Novel 1800-1900

by Franco Moretti
One hundred maps exposing the fascinating connections between literature and space.
Mechanic Accents

by Michael Denning
“One of the most illuminating, theoretically informed accounts of popular fiction.”—Terry Eagleton
White Guys

by Fred Pfeil
“Cultural studies you can actually use.”—Spin

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