#terry eagleton

[strokeofserenity]

Terry Eagleton, “How to Read Literature”

[academic-vampire]

"If we are inspired only by literature that reflects our own interests, all reading becomes a form of narcissism."

-Terry Eagleton, literary critic/theorist (22 February 1943)

[for-decisions-and-revisions]

Now that I'm nearing the end of my degree I thought it might be fun and useful to go back to the basics. Some of the lecturers in my undergrad were big fans of this book, and now that I am reading it cover to cover (instead of just excerpts assigned to me) I recognise phrases they would often use, which is quite nostalgic.

Sitting on a bench and reading is one of my absolute favorite summer activities - and I love looking up into the crown of a tree!

{08/08/2026}

[victusinveritas]

Terry Eagleton: “A socialist is just someone who is unable to get over his or her astonishment that most people who have lived and died have spent lives of wretched, fruitless, unremitting toil.”

[redshift-13]

Terry Eagleton · Starveling Rabblement: Joyce’s Politics

Joyce stands out​ among the great modernist writers for his belief in tolerance, equality, democracy, progress and the...

Joycians rejoice:

[soberbutsleepless]

im reading terry eagleton's why marx was right, and i don't want to make sweeping harsh comments this early in the book but omg can he stop with comparing stalin and mao's actions to the fucking genocides famines and slave trades committed by imperialists and capitalists like even one time is one time too many i dont even care if hes just trying to be cheeky

[yorgunherakles]

- " söylemen gerekeni değil hissettiğini söyle " -

shakespeare - kral lear

[anaisninpdf]

Part of what we mean by a ‘literary’ work is one in which what is said is to be taken in terms of how it is said. It is the kind of writing in which the content is inseparable from the language in which it is presented. Language is constitutive of the reality or experience, rather than simply a vehicle for it.

Terry Eagleton, How to Read Literature