Connors (English, The Queen's College, Oxford) attempts to define "force" in the contexts of the works of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, and Derrida, arguing that according to these four thinkers, fo
"Excellent. Probably the best introductory guide to literary theory I've seen." Ian Buchanan-Professor of Critical and Cultural Theory, Cardiff University"Profoundly reliable as well as inviting, play
Including pieces by creative critics as varied as Anne Carson, Jacques Derrida, Geoff Dyer, Helene Cixous, Ali Smith, and John Cage, this anthology and guide celebrates the formal and intellectual inv
A guide to the creative possibilities of critical writing. It offers a thorough introduction to the theory and practice of creative-critical writing. It includes five new essays from leading practitio
Rescuing the subject from dry abstractions, Clare Connors focuses on the real questions that emerge when we read and study literature–such as how we find meaning and how literature relates to its hist
