{"product_id":"reading-after-theory-paperback-softback-9780631221685","title":"Reading After Theory (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631221685","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReading After Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eValentine Cunningham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631221685, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 December 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.299 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This publisher's 'Manifestos' series seeks to offer educated but general readers chewy presentations of contemporary ideas, and Cunningham (English language and literature, Oxford) is stellar in his honing to that theme. This book is fun, involving, and inviting as both a social book-discussion subject and an important text that graduate students and literary specialists need to consider. \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Valentine Cunningham's sharp, amusing critical polemic\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In the process of developing his argument and attempting to refocus critical attention on the text - both the literary and the critical text - and what it says, Cunningham displays an intimate knowledge of the major works of contemporary literary theory.\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eValentine Cunningham's controversial manifesto asks what will and should happen to reading in the post-theory era.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. What Then? What Now?. \u003cp\u003e2. Reading Always Comes After.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Theory, What Theory?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Good of Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Fragments . Ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. All What Jazz? Or, The Incredible Disappearing Text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Textual Abuse: Or, Down with Stock Responses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Theory Stinks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Touching Rading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. When I Can Read My Title Clear.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52475008188696,"sku":"9780631221685","price":30.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631221685.jpg?v=1785803448","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reading-after-theory-paperback-softback-9780631221685","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}