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1	The Art of Protest: Culture and Activism from the Civil Rights Movement to the Streets of Seattle more books like this by T V Reed add to wishlist A comprehensive introduction to the culture of progressive movements in the United States. see all copies from $16.25! new only from $25.95! \| SVS
2	Radical Tragedy: Religion, Ideology and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries more books like this by Jonathan Dollimore add to wishlist In a substantial introduction to this second edition, Dollimore writes on the importance of materialist theory, literary and cultural, in breaking new ground in Renaissance Studies, and more generally in English studies. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
3	Mary Wollstonecraft and the Feminist Imagination more books like this by Barbara Taylor, James Chandler (Editor), Marilyn Butler (Editor) add to wishlist In the two centuries since Mary Wollstonecraft published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), she has become an icon of modern feminism: a stature that has paradoxically obscured her real historic significance. In the most in-depth study to date of Wollstonecraft's thought, Barbara Taylor develops an alternative reading of her as a writer ... see all copies from $7.97! new only from $12.50!
4	Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law more books like this by E P Thompson add to wishlist E. P. Thompson's long-awaited book on William Blake was published shortly after the historian's death in August 1993. Acclaimed as one of his best and most deeply felt works, it appears now for the first time in paperback. Written with a vivid passion, and bearing the marks of Thompson's lifelong struggle against authoritarian and anti ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $10.50! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Dangerous Enthusiasm more books like this by Jon Mee add to wishlist Dangerous Enthusiasm considers Blake's prophetic books written during the 1790s in the light of the French Revolution controversy raging at the time. His works are shown to be less the expressions of isolated genius than the products of a complex response to the cultural politics of his contemporaries. William Blake's work presents a stern ... see all copies from $44.08! new only from $44.08! \| SVS
6	Poetics/Politics: Radical Aesthetics for the Classroom more books like this by Amitava Kumar (Editor) add to wishlist On the contested terrain of cultural studies, the debate has often focused on the blurring of the line between the poetic and the political. The future of the academic profession, the move toward a return to "literary readings, " and the function/usefulness of art and poetry today are all tied up in this issue. The real need, however, is to ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $24.90! \| first editions
7	Thomas Merton's Art of Denial: The Evolution of a Radical Humanist more books like this by David D Cooper add to wishlist Trappist monk and best-selling author, Thomas Merton battled constantly within himself as he attempted to reconcile two seemingly incompatible roles in life. As a devout Catholic, he took vows of silence and stability, longing for the security and closure of the monastic life. But as a writer he felt compelled to seek friendships in literary ... see all copies from $13.30! new only from $24.52! \| first editions
8	Writing and Radicalism more books like this by John Lucas (Editor) add to wishlist Writing and Radicalism is an important volume charting the development of popular radical writing over four centuries. The contributors to the book reveal the variety of literary responses - in poetry, drama, fiction and political essay - to crucial moments of political upheaval and social change. These begin with the Commonwealth period, take in ... see all copies from $23.75! new only from $38.00! \| first editions
9	The angry theatre; new British drama. more books like this by John Russell Taylor add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
10	Radical Modernism and Sexuality: Freud/Reich/D.H. Lawrence and Beyond more books like this by David Seelow add to wishlist Seelow's notion of radical modernism explodes prevailing theories of modern culture through his fresh readings of prominent figures such as Freud, Reich, and D.H. Lawrence. see all copies from $55.00! new only from $55.00!
11	Democratic Discourses: The Radical Abolition Movement and Antebellum American Literature more books like this by Michael Bennett add to wishlist Ever since the hallowed statement, "All men are created equal," was penned in the Declaration of Independence, it has become a historical tenet that freedom and equality were brought to American shores by the so-called Founding Fathers. In this path-breaking study, Michael Bennett departs from tradition to argue that the democratic ideal of ... see all copies from $19.00! new only from $22.37!
12 view cover	Radical Blake: Afterlife and Influence from 1827 more books like this by Shirley Dent, Dent Shirley, Jason Whittaker add to wishlist Blake has maintained an enduring popularity amongst a large and diverse audience as a poet, artist and engraver. There are probably more artists, writers, filmmakers and composers working under the influence of Blake than any other figure from the Romantic era. This volume traces his influence and afterlife across a range of major themes such as ... see all copies from $47.05! new only from $94.33!
13 view cover	William Blake and the Cultures of Radical Christianity more books like this by Robert Rix add to wishlist see all copies from $69.96! new only from $102.40!
14 view cover	Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, and Radical Modernism more books like this by Vincent Sherry add to wishlist Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis developed a highly experimental art in verse, prose, and paint; they were attracted simultaneously to political programs remarkably backward its outlook - the autocracies of fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. That paradox, central to the problematic achievement of Anglo-American modernism, is freshly addressed in this ... see all copies from $94.81! new only from $94.81! \| SVS
15 view cover	Interviews With-- Britain's Angry Young Men more books like this by Dale Salwak add to wishlist In the 1950s, a young crop of British writers sprang forth with an unusal commonality of interests. They were promptly dubbed the "angry young men" by the press. Included are Colin Wilson, John Braine, John Wain, Bill Hopkins, and more. see all copies from $14.43! new only from $18.44! \| SVS
16 view cover	Bauderlaire and the Second Republic more books like this by Richard D E Burton add to wishlist Baudelaire and the Second Republic is the first fully comprehensive study of Baudelaire's actions, reactions, and writings from the Revolution of February 1848 to the Bonapartist coup d'etat of December 1851. The picture of Baudelaire that emerges from the biographical, textual and contextual materials discussed, is of a consistent radical ... see all copies from $115.15! new only from $154.32! \| SVS
17 view cover	Like Parchment in the Fire: Literature and Radicalism in the English Civil War more books like this by Prasanta Chakravarty add to wishlist Prasanta Chakravarty appraises the very nature of what constitutes liberalism, both conceptually and historically, by studying early modern English sectarian literature and activities. Competing claims of stability or radicalism were being made in seventeenth-century England by preachers, political thinkers and the layperson. Consequently, in the ... see all copies from $81.82! new only from $81.82!
18 view cover	The Radicalization of Irish Drama, 1600-1900: The Rise and Fall of Ascendancy Theatre more books like this by Desmond Slowey, Christopher Murray (Foreword by) add to wishlist Placed within a rich social, historical, and cultural context, this study illuminates the Irish theatre over three hundred years, and uses it as a lens that focuses the dialectic of Irish society as the theatre mutated from aristocratic control to radical see all copies from $37.47! new only from $88.49!
19	Jack London--An American Radical? more books like this by Carolyn Johnston add to wishlist see all copies from $11.00! first editions
20	Young Howells & John Brown: Episodes in a Radical Education more books like this by Edwin H. Cady add to wishlist see all copies from $12.99!
21 view cover	Radical Visions more books like this add to wishlist Argues that poetry written by Vietnam veterans underlines the failure of traditional American myths to help Americans understand the war and its aftermath. The book combines socio-historical commentary with close readings of individual works by such poets as Michael Casey and W.D. Ehrhart. see all copies from $7.90! signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Pound in Purgatory: From Radical Economics to Anti-Semitism more books like this by Leon Surette add to wishlist "Pound in Purgatory", available now in paperback, overturns all previous explanations of Ezra Pound's anti-Semitism by uncovering its roots in economic and conspiracy theory. Leon Surette demonstrates that, contrary to popular opinion, Pound was not a life-long anti-Semite and consistently ignored or resisted anti-Semitic comments from his ... see all copies from $29.00! first editions
23	Radical Revisions more books like this by Bill V Mullen (Editor), Sherry Lee Linkon (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $22.00!
24	Anne Brontë's radical vision : structures of consciousness more books like this by Elizabeth Hollis Berry add to wishlist see all copies from $129.10! SVS
25 view cover	Radical Mansfield: Double Discourse in Katherine Mansfield's Short Stories more books like this by Pamela Dunbar add to wishlist see all copies from $98.11! new only from $119.18!

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