{"product_id":"9780860918417","title":"Against the Grain : Essays 1975-1985","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese essays (and a ballad) have their origins in Terry Eagleton's continuing engagement with the possibilities of a literary criticism that is both materialist and open to diverse currents of thought in the human sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEagleton's combative intelligence here explores the encounter between Marxism and contemporary European and American literary theory. Included are a survey of the Althusserian contribution to literary analysis; thoughts on the fraught relations between Marxism and poststructuralism; and a brilliant evocation of the affinities and tensions between Wittgenstein, Derrida and Bakhtin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIntellectual figures in this wide-ranging topography include Jacques Derrida; the radical critic Fredric Jameson; the apostle of deconstruction, Paul de Man; the liberal humanist John Bayley; Bertoit Brecht; William Empson and Pierre Machersy. The volume also includes Eagleton's brilliant reading of Conrad's The Secret Agent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst the Grain is an excellent introduction to the range of Terry Eagleton's thought and his considerable body of work. It is also a useful primer for all readers interested in the vitality of literary theory today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48673560068331,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":36.53,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780860918417-1.jpg?v=1781644530","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9780860918417","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}