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Denise Riley
A new edition of a classic work on the history of feminism. Writing about changes in the notion of womanhood, Denise Riley examines, in the manner of Foucault, shifting historical…
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A brilliant outing from one of the finest poets currently working in the English language.
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A selection of poems across the career of one of the most critically acclaimed British poets, Denise Riley.
In this study of the contemporary language of the self, Riley asks: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She considers self-definition, the lyrical ‘I’ and linguistic emotionality…
In this extended meditation on the language of the self within contemporary social politics, the author ponders the question: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She studies…
This book suggests that there are historical sedimentations of people into gendered categories, including the asymmetrical distances of both ‘women’ and ‘men’ from changing ideas of the human; the increasing…
This is a collection of essays and some related poems by almost thirty contemporary poets, who have worked for years outside the ‘mainstream’ of British publishing. Many are or have…
The stunning new collection from one of England’s finest and most philosophical contemporary poets.
A collection of essays on the everyday workings of language and how language shapes our social and political existence.
My name is Pickle is about a little girl and the things she loves. As she goes through life she encounters a bundle of firsts, with imagination, excitement, and giggles…
Language, Discourse, Society ranges across the disciplines from linguistics to biology, from literary criticism to law, combining scholarship and theoretical analysis at the service of a broad political engagement. This…
Language, Discourse, Society ranges across the disciplines from linguistics to biology, from literary criticism to law, combining vigorous scholarship and theoretical analysis at the service of a broad political engagement…
