Terry Eagleton
Born 1943
From Salford, England, United Kingdom · Nationality: United Kingdom · Writes nonfiction
Widely regarded as England's most influential living literary critic & theorist, Dr Eagleton currently serves as Distinguished Prof. of English Literature at the Univ. of Lancaster & as Visiting Prof. at the Nat'l Univ. of Ireland, Galway. He was Thomas Warton Prof. of English Literature at the Univ. of Oxford ('92-01) & John Edward Taylor Prof. of English Literature at the Univ. of Manchester 'til '08. He returned to The Univ. of Notre Dame in the Fall '09 semester as Distinguished Visitor in the English Dep't.
He's written over 40 books, including Literary Theory: An Introduction ('83); The Ideology of the Aesthetic ('90) & The Illusions of Postmodernism ('96). He delivered Yale's '08 Terry Lectures & gave a Gifford Lecture in 3/10, titled The God Debate.
Quotes
“If you approach me at a bus stop and murmur “Thou still unravished bride of quietness,” then I am instantly aware that I am in the presence of the literary.”
Literary Theory: An Introduction, p. 2 “Understanding is always in some sense retrospective, which is what Hegel meant by remarking that the owl of Minerva flies only at night.”
Literary Theory: An Introduction, p. 190 “After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the inevitable was.”
Why Marx Was Right, Chapter 1 “It is capitalism, not Marxism, that trades in futures.”
Why Marx Was Right, Chapter 4 “Ivory towers are as rare as bowling alleys in tribal cultures.”
Why Marx Was Right, Chapter 6
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Books by Terry Eagleton in order
Books by Terry Eagleton in the order they were published, from Shakespeare and Society (1967) to Humor (2021).
- 1Shakespeare and Society
Shakespeare and Society1967 - 2Exiles and Émigrés
Exiles and Émigrés1970 - 3Myths of Power
Myths of Power1975 - 4Criticism and Ideology
Criticism and Ideology1976 - 5Marxism and Literary Criticism
Marxism and Literary Criticism1976 - 6Literary Theory
Literary Theory1983 - 7The Function of Criticism
The Function of Criticism1984 - 8Saints and Scholars
Saints and Scholars1987 - 9Ideology
Ideology1991 - 10Heathcliff and the Great Hunger
Heathcliff and the Great Hunger1995 - 11Marx and Freedom
Marx and Freedom1997 - 12The Illusions of Postmodernism
The Illusions of Postmodernism1997 - 13Crazy John and the Bishop and Other Essays on Irish Culture
Crazy John and the Bishop and Other Essays on Irish Culture1998 - 14The Truth About the Irish
The Truth About the Irish1998 - 15The Gatekeeper
The Gatekeeper2001 - 16After Theory
After Theory2003 - 17Figures of Dissent
Figures of Dissent2003 - 18The English Novel
The English Novel2004 - 19The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life2007 - 20Why Marx Was Right
Why Marx Was Right2011 - 21How to Read Literature
How to Read Literature2013 - 22Cómo leer literatura
Cómo leer literatura2016 - 23Radical SacrificeRadical Sacrifice2018
- 24Humor
Humor2021