Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
 Just a quick note: I have nothing to add to the reviews below except to note for scholarly interest that the essay 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction' included in this collection is not Benjamin's final version. (Neither is this title [... more]
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The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Theory ...
Post-Nuclear Philosophical Fallout: If, as William Barrett once remarked, existentialism is "philosophy for the atomic age," then the atomic age's look into the future - by way of Jean-Francois Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition - is nothing [... more]
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Speech Genres and Other Late Essays (University of Texas ...
Review of the Bildungsroman Book Fragment: This Book, like almost everything Bakhtin wrote is profound and food for thought. Unfortunately, and this is the drawback with some of the English Language translations and compilations, it is also quite uneven, [... more]
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Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word ...
fascinating, but a slow read.: "Orality and Literacy" is a scholarly work, which is the author's intent. Because of this, it requires a college level reading ability. With those warnings in mind, it is also a fascinating book on a somewhat [... more]
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Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature
THE book on interactive narrative studies: Aristotle is alive and he is norwegian! Finally here is the lost book of Poetics. If you are one of the rare race of people that like to think about videogames rather than play with them, you will love this book. [... more]
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What Is a Woman?: And Other Essays
Philosophical Essential: Toril Moi's "What is a Woman? And Other Essays" is essential reading for further development of a feminist consciousness, compelling and clearly delivered. Complex feminist theory is presented in logical, comprehensible [... more]
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The Romantic Manifesto
Invaluable and irreplaceable: When discussing the theory of art in Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan: A Historical Guide, I cited only Ayn Rand's esthetics. An early reader suggested I "balance" the presentation by mentioning other writers on [... more]
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Cigarettes Are Sublime
Excellent Book !: I can not remember the last time I read such a well written book. Klein is an amazing wordsmith & this book is a treasure in understanding the lure, beauty, and sublime charms which keep 1.4 billion people in the world smoking every [... more]
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Introducing Barthes (Beginners)
One of the Best from an Uneven series: I have now read several of the books from this series and, I think it is safe to say that the usefulness and quality of the books varies greatly. I like the idea of using cartoons to assist the reader in [... more]
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Shards of Love: Exile and the Origins of the Lyric
Maria Rosa Menocal is America's foremost cultural critic: Anyone who thinks medieval literary criticism is dry is in for a pleasant shock when they pick up Maria Rosa Menocal's latest book. You may not agree with her, but she will change your world view [... more]
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The Subject of Semiotics
Brilliant, but use with caution: In many respects Silverman's _Subject of Semiotics_ is a brilliant introductory work to post-structuralist approaches to semiotics. First, Silverman's style of exposition is exceedingly clear and provides numerous [... more]
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The Kristeva Reader
Celebrating Language and Thought: The Kristeva Reader is a good, even great, introduction to the work of Julia Kristeva. Some of Kristeva's most important works are brilliantly exerpted in readable prose by Toril Moi. Lovers of linguistics, rhetoric, [... more]
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