jenks
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to be honest i mainly read novels and poetry and i am someone who managed to get through H E without reading any theory - yes i am that old! recently i hav read Eagleton's After Theory and found it enjoyable, if, at times slightly perplexing, so i thought i'd visit my bookshop to try and bone up on some contemporary theory. the problem is this - there was so much of the stuff that i didn't know where to start ( and it wasn't cheap either).
my question is this: what would some of you lot recommend? something entry level - i ahve currently got Role's book on derrida (old hat, i dunno) which i am just clinging on to and a beginner's guide to Isiah Berlin - i liked the cover!
i know this is vague and if someone came to me wanting to knwo where to start with contemporary novels i would want a bit more help but i really enjoy my visits to this forum but at times the blizzard of unfamiliar names makes me wonder what it is i might be missing.
thanks
my question is this: what would some of you lot recommend? something entry level - i ahve currently got Role's book on derrida (old hat, i dunno) which i am just clinging on to and a beginner's guide to Isiah Berlin - i liked the cover!
i know this is vague and if someone came to me wanting to knwo where to start with contemporary novels i would want a bit more help but i really enjoy my visits to this forum but at times the blizzard of unfamiliar names makes me wonder what it is i might be missing.
thanks