Difference (The New Critical Idiom) [Paperback]

Mark Currie (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415222222 | ISBN-13: 978-0415222228 | Publication Date: April 10, 2004 | Edition: 1

Difference is one of the most influential critical concepts of recent decades. Mark Currie offers a comprehensive account of the history of the term and its place in some of the most influential schools of theory of the past four decades, including:

* post-structuralism
* deconstruction
* new historicism
* psychoanalysis
* French feminism
* postcolonialism.

Employing literary case studies throughout, Difference provides an accessible introduction to a term at the heart of today's critical idiom.

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About the Author

Mark Currie is a Lecturer in English at the University of Westminster, London.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (April 10, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415222222
• ISBN-13: 978-0415222228
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,205,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Different indeed, November 5, 2003

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This review is from: Difference (The New Critical Idiom) (Paperback)

I must say this is a bold change of direction for Mark Currie after his previous book, 'Rough Framing Carpentry' (1993, also available through Amazon), which described 'quick, efficient ways to frame residential and commercial buildings... how to save time and eliminate errors when detailing lumber to be assembled... how to spot information missing on the plans.'

In 'Difference' Mr Currie seems to be placing the accent more on the intellectual and -- dare I say -- spiritual aspects of carpentry, and turning his attention to the tricky problem of how to take things down. I was a little mystified by the statement that 'anything which is is itself by virtue of not being something else, by differing, and that which it differs from remains as a trace, that whose absence is necessary for it to be'. But when I put the theory to the test with two offcuts of ply, all made sense.

One small step for Mark Currie, perhaps, but a giant leap for carpentry.