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This work explores the many uses of autobiography, from historical works which are often about retrieval and reclamation of previously hidden or misrepresented texts, to the contemporary projects of claiming a voice,

This work introduces the philosophy of literature from an analytic perspective. Topics include: the definition of literature; the distinction between oral and written literature and the identity of literary works; and the

Philosophical Shakespeares focuses on and encourages the growing dissolution of boundaries between literature and philosophy. The approach is interdisciplinary and includes problem-centred readings of particular plays.

This work introduces the philosophy of literature from an analytic perspective. Topics include: the definition of literature; the distinction between oral and written literature and the identity of literary works; and the

A debate on the politics of theory is being conducted within literary studies. What is meant by politics? What is meant by theory? This book brings together not only outstanding questioners, but

A collection of essays that examine some famous and less well-known instances of polemical encounters: Michael Warner on Kant's views of critical reading, Louis Menand on the Andrew Sarris-Pauline Kael slugfest over