Why Marx Was Right by Terry Eagleton – 50 Years in 50 Books
Why Marx was Right was first published in 2011. Terry Eagleton makes the argument against Marx’s irrelevancy; asking the question, “What if all the…
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Terry Eagleton on Tragedy as a political institution
‘Sorrow and despair constitute a lingua franca. Yet tragedy in the artistic sense is a highly specific affair.’ In Tragedy, eminent literary critic Terry…
Why Marx Was Right, by Terry Eagleton – an extract
This month marks the bicentenary of German philosopher and economist Karl Marx’s birth. To mark this moment, we have reissued celebrated writer and Marxist Terry…
The Ten Books of Terry Eagleton
This year, we’re delighted to be publishing Terry Eagleton‘s tenth work with Yale, Radical Sacrifice, a weaving and cross-cultural examination of sacrifice from ancient times to…
Radical Sacrifice by Terry Eagleton, An Extract
We’re thrilled to be publishing Terry Eagleton’s latest work, Radical Sacrifice. Written in Eagleton’s trademark piercing and erudite style, this trenchant analysis uproots the modern…
A Yale Winter Reading List
Whether your winter pursuits include trips to the ballet, winter wine tasting or some fireside garden planning in anticipation of spring, our winter reading…
The Event of Terry Eagleton
‘If Terry Eagleton didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent him.’ – Simon Critchley, author of The Book of Dead Philosophers Terry Eagleton…
Five 2014 Paperbacks for your Pocket
Everyone enjoys a good paperback. The fun, cheerful alternative to its stuffy corset-wearing older sister the hardback, a paperback re-issue offers the reader a…
Terry Eagleton:
Culture and the Death of God
How to live in a supposedly faithless world threatened by religious fundamentalism? In Culture and the Death of God, formidable thinker and renowned cultural…
‘How to Read Literature’ by Terry Eagleton. Understanding Openings and ‘A Passage to India’
What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black…
Author Video: Terry Eagleton discusses the philosophy of literature, fiction and indeterminacy
In The Event of Literature Terry Eagleton returns to the discipline to which he has devoted his career: literary theory. Here, in the final part of…
Author Video: Terry Eagleton discusses his return to literary theory
In his new book The Event of Literature Terry Eagleton returns to the discipline to which he has devoted his career: literary theory. The book…
Author video: Terry Eagleton discusses religion, academia and writing
In the second part in our series of interviews with Marxist critic, literary theorist and philosopher Terry Eagleton, we ask him about his religious upbringing, academic…
Author video: Terry Eagleton Discusses ‘Why Marx was Right’
Marxist critic and literary theorist Terry Eagleton discusses his combative book Why Marx was Right, out in paperback this month. In his controversial, candid…
Yale University Press London launches its Spring / Summer 2012 Seasonal Catalogue
Yale’s Spring / Summer seasonal catalogue is now available now to order and download. Today we take a quick look at some of the…
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