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1. www.the-tls.co.uk › literature › literary-criticismThe Real Thing by Terry Eagleton | Book review | The TLS

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   “I don’t want realism”, declares Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire. “I don’t tell truth. I tell what ought to be truth. And

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   Jan 16, 2024 · His first name,” he continues, thinking back to trade unionist and Labour Party co-founder Keir Hardie, “is about as inappropri­ate as calling an anti-fascist Adolf. I think Starmer is a classic petit-bourgeois.”. Another of his bêtes noires is the celebrity atheist Richard Dawkins. “I’ve heard that his communicat­ions officer ...

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   Feb 21, 2024 · Acclaimed critic Terry Eagleton explores realism’s complex history, practice, and politics. Spanning several centuries, and including writers such as George Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, and Iris Murdoch, Eagleton offers a witty, entertaining defence of a form which offers both panoramic scope and individual nuance in an increasingly fragmented world.

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5. booksplea.se › raymond-williams-a-critical-readerRaymond Williams: A Critical Reader Terry Eagleton ...

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   This volume of new and original essays, edited and introduced by Terry Eagleton, provides a critical appreciation of Raymond Williams' writings by those best acquainted with his work. Among the contributions are essays on Williams's work as a literary critic, as a student of popular culture, as a novelist and as an analyst of contemporary politics and society.

6. www.amazon.co.uk › Real-Thing-Reflections-LiteraryThe Real Thing: Reflections on a Literary Form - Amazon.co.uk

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   "Learned, lucid, and often hilarious, Terry Eagleton recovers the central traits of literary realism for a new generation of readers. In a stirring demonstration of the efficacy and pleasure of dialogue with authorities more often cited than questioned, Eagleton celebrates the art of everyday lives, minds, and contexts in a common sense defense of 'the real thing.'"--Suzanne Keen, author of ...

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Terry_EagletonTerry Eagleton - Wikipedia

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   Terry Eagleton. Terence Francis Eagleton FBA [4] (born 22 February 1943) is an English philosopher, literary theorist, critic, and public intellectual. [5][6][7][8] He is currently Distinguished Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University. Eagleton has published over forty books, but remains best known for Literary Theory: An ...

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   Feb 27, 2024 · The Real Thing. : Terry Eagleton. Yale University Press, Feb 27, 2024 - Literary Criticism - 192 pages. A clear-sighted and entertaining defence of literary realism, and an account of its key practitioners. Realist fiction is one of the most enduring artforms history has ever witnessed. By describing the intricate inner life of its characters ...