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Genres in Discourse
This is a collection in translation of recent essays by Tzvetan Todorov, one of the most eminent of today’s literary critics. The essays concentrate on the idea of genre, literary …
he Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre
This study of literature dealing with the fantastic or supernatural explores Northrop Frye's theory of genres and the work of such writers as Poe, Balzac, Nerval, Hoffman, and …
Theories of the Symbol: Understanding Politics in an Unfamiliar Culture
Focusing on theories of verbal symbolism, Tzvetan Todorov here presents a history of semiotics. From an account of the semiotic doctrines embodied in the works of classical …
The Conquest of America
A classic in its field, The Conquest of America is a study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America. The book offers an …
Destined for Evil?
This collection of 15 essays on various aspects of the problem of evil brings together the opinions of well known authors from various disciplines [philosophy, theology, literary …
The New World Disorder
This illuminating analysis by one of the world's leading intellectuals addresses fundamental questions about the new world disorder exemplified by the war on terrorism, the Iraq …
Fascism and Communism
In his major work on communism, the international bestseller The Passing of an Illusion, the eminent French historian François Furet devoted a lengthy footnote to German historian …
Til forsvar for oplysningen
Oversat af Lars Bonnevie. Denne lille perle af en bog fra den internationalt anerkendte filosof, lingvist og litteraturforsker Tzvetan Todorov fastsætter Oplysningstiden som den …
Hope And Memory
'Almost alone among contemporary critics, Tzvetan Todorov has chosen to apply his prodigious talents to the literature of twentieth-century totalitarianism. His unique gift is his …
Facing the Extreme
Imperfect Garden
Available in English for the first time, Imperfect Garden is both an approachable intellectual history and a bracing treatise on how we should understand and experience our lives. …
The Totalitarian Experience
The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the beginning of the collapse of the Soviet Union, as well as many other communist totalitarian regimes around the world. But it would be naive …