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English Literature

English Literature

₹325

Description Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory: From Structuralism to Ecocriticism is a comprehensive survey of the major theoretical schools thathave shaped our ideas about literary and cultural phenomena sincethe mid-twentieth century. Each chapter in this book traces theorigin and development of a specific critical approach up to recenttimes, with a special focus on key thinkers. Chapters on criticalrace studies and ecocriticism distinguish this book from manyothers on this subject. Written in a student-friendly manner, itdoes not presume prior knowledge of Western philosophical thoughtand makes Theory approachable for students from variousbackgrounds. Apart from students of English literature, the bookwill serve the interdisciplinary interests of students of masscommunication, history, sociology and gender studies. It will alsoappeal to the general reader who wants a clearer picture of that'opaque' academic field called Theory. Important concepts highlighted in boxes Occasional point-wise organization to facilitate readability and easy comprehension Examples from Indian culture that students can connect with A short list for further reading at the end of every chapter Recent developments in critical theory, namely, Ecocriticism and Critical Race Studies, included Structuralism Poststructuralism and Deconstruction Psychoanalytic Criticism Feminisms Marxisms Postcolonial Theory Queer Theory New Historicism and Cultural Materialism Critical Race Studies Ecocriticism PRAMOD K. NAYAR teaches at the Department of English,University of Hyderabad, India. Nayar is author of several booksincluding Postcolonial Literature: An Introduction (2008), alsopublished by Pearson.

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The Closing of the Muslim Mind

The Closing of the Muslim Mind

₹600

Exceedingly well organized and extensively documented....-CHOICEThe publication of the present anthology of primary sources and secondary studies on the theme of Muslim antisemitism is a groundbreaking event of major scholarly, cultural, and political significance. Editor Andrew Bostom has mined the relevant literature to produce the fullest record on this subject in existence. After the publication of his work, all the oft-repeated, but erroneous misunderstandings of a tolerant Islam, and of a medieval Jewish-Muslim ''golden age'' will need to be permanently retired. Everyone interested in Jewish and Islamic history, as well as current events in the Middle East, should read this book - and soon.-Steven T. Katz, Director, Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies, Boston University, and author of Post-Holocaust Dialogues and The Holocaust in Historical ContextThe antisemitism of the Muslim Middle East that we hear, see, and experience daily - from the racist cartoons to the constant chorus of ''pigs and apes'' - is often attributed to European origins, as if the radical Muslim world learned this endemic hatred through the tragedy of imperialism and colonialism. In fact, a deep suspicion and frequent loathing of Jews is deeply rooted in the Middle East, antedating European rule and sometimes evidenced in passages in the Koran and early holy Islamic texts.... Andrew Bostom produces a vast literature of Middle Eastern Islamic antisemitism, and critics may be as surprised at his conclusions as they are unable to refute his carefully compiled corpus of evidence.-Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University, author of Carnage and Culture and A War Like No OtherThis comprehensive, meticulously documented collection of scholarly articles presents indisputable evidence that a readily discernible, uniquely Islamic antisemitism-a specific Muslim hatred of Jews-has been expressed continuously since the advent of Islam. Debunking the conventional wisdom, which continues to assert that Muslim ani

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GREED (the seven deadly sins)

GREED (the seven deadly sins)

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Grasping. Avarice. Covetousness. Miserliness. Insatiable cupidity. Overreaching ambition. Desire spun out of control. The deadly sin of Greed goes by many names, appears in many guises, and wreaks havoc on individuals and nations alike. In this lively and generous book, Phyllis A. Tickle argues that Greed is "the Matriarch of the Deadly Clan," the ultimate source of Pride, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, Lust, and Anger. She shows that the major faiths, from Hinduism and Taoism to Buddhism and Christianity regard Greed as the greatest calamity humans can indulge in, engendering further sins and eviscerating all virtues. As the Sikh holy book Adi Granth asks: "Where there is greed, what love can there be?" Tickle takes a long view of Greed, from St. Paul to the present, focusing particularly on changing imaginative representations of Greed in Western literature and art. Looking at such works as the Psychomachia, or "Soul Battle" of the fifth-century poet Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, the paintings of Peter Bruegel and Hieronymous Bosch, the 1987 film Wall Street, and the contemporary Italian artist Mario Donizetti, Tickle shows how our perceptions have evolved from the medieval understanding of Greed as a spiritual enemy to a nineteenth-century sociological construct to an early twentieth-century psychological deficiency, and finally to a new view, powerfully articulated in Donizetti's mystical paintings, of Greed as both tragic and beautiful. Engaging, witty, brilliantly insightful, Greed explores the full range of this deadly sin's subtle, chameleon-like qualities, and the enormous destructive power it wields, evidenced all too clearly in the world today.

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