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Desire and Its
Discontents
EUGENE GOODHEART
Is boundless desire a liberating
force? Contrary to most,
Goodheart offers an uncom–
promising "No. " As he
discusses the works of Proust,
Mann, Lawrence, Freud, Roth,
De Lillo, and others, he pro–
poses a conception of desire
that can be realized in life.
224
pp.,
$35.00
Carnival Culture
THE TRASHING
OF TASTE IN AMERICA
JAMES B. TWITCHELL
Twitchell looks at the changes
in television, publishing, and
movies since the 1960's and
assesses thedamage: vulgarity
has become the national norm.
"It's the best combination
of profundity and pizzazz
this year."
- The Philadelp hia Inquirer
306
pp.,
5'
mu trotio...,
$24.95
The Terms of
Cultural Criticism
THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL,
EXISTENTIALISM,
POSTSTRUCTURAliSM
RICHA RD W O LIN
Diving into the rifts among
three currents of thought,
Wolin sees the blurring of
"science" and "reason" as one
of the most fatal intellectual
mistakes of our age.
256
pp.,
$35.00
ItlCH,ol80 WOlll'l
Black Sun
DEPRESSION AND MELANCHOLIA
JULIA KRISTEVA
Tran,lated
by
leon S. Raudiez
IIA
pe rsuas ive
t lleory ...
tlJat is both moving and
provoca tive."
-The New
York
Tim es
300
pp.,
$14.95,
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Radical Parody
AMERICAN CULTURE
AND CRITICAL AGENCY
AFTER FOUCAULT
DANIELT. O'HARA
By analyzing the later works
of Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva,
Said, Bloom, and others,
O' Hara shows that theory
has social and ethical
consequences.
264
pp.,
$31.50
Left Letters
THE CULTURE WARS OF
MIKE GOLO AND JOSEPH FREEMAN
JAMES D. BLOOM
Despite Gold 's
JEWS WITHOUT
MONEY
and Freeman's
AN
AMERICAN TESTAMENT,
both
authors, have largely been for–
gotten. Bloom examines their
works and rescues them from
obscurity.
156
pp.,
$31.50
