CYNTHIA O%ICI'SFICTION ---....
Tradition
and
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-Edward
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Looking
beyond
the stereotype
of
Ozick's work as American-Jewish literature,
illuminates
the
intricacies
of
Ozick's texts and explores the dynamics
of
her
creati1Illy".,:.'
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READING IRISTEVA
Unraveling the Double-bind
KellyoUver
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a tborougb, detailed, and critteal analysis oftbe
writings ofJulia Krlsteva.
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-Elizabeth Grosz
This first full-scale feminist interpretation of Kristeva's work
situates her within the context of French feminism. Oliver
guides her readers through Kristeva's intellectual formation in
linguisticS, Freud, Lacan, and poetics.
cloth
$35.00
paper
$14.95
RAIDING THE ICEBOX
Reflections
on
Twentieth-Century Culture
Peter
Wollen
The history of high art cannot be written separately
from that of performance and design, claims Peter
Wollen. Focusing on the rise and fa ll of modernism,
Wollen reviews the expectations of artists and critics
fascinated by both Henry Ford's assembly line and the
Hollywood dream factory. He deconstructs the
"antinomies that constituted the identity of modernism .. .
functional/ decorative, usefuVwasteful, naturaVartificial,
machinelbody, masculine/ feminine, westleast."
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$35.00
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$14.95
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THE THEORY-DEATH OF
THE AVANT-GARDE
Paul
Mann
"Ibis antitheory theory ofantiart arts is often
learnedly ingenious and paradoxically
gnomic, and delightfully provocative. "
-American Book Review
"With unfailing brilliance, Mann addresses all
the important questions raised by his subject.
Ibe contradictions ofthe avant-garde are 110t
solved so much as revealed in this study, and
the subject emerges in all of its manifold
compleXity. " -M/FJA/N!TIN/G
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