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This book examines representations of Partition violence in narratives from Bengal. It explores how these stories of suffering, trauma, and betrayal offer a critique of historical and political engagements with one of the most traumatic periods in Indian history.
This book examines representations of Partition violence in narratives from Bengal. It explores how these stories of suffering, trauma, and betrayal offer a critique of historical and political engagements with one of the most traumatic periods in Indian history.
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Plautus’ Erudite Comedy
New Insights into the Work of a doctus poeta
This collection of original essays examines the comedy of Plautus as a creative dialogue with contemporary culture. The studies explore his engagement with Greek literature, science, and philosophy, revealing his foundational influence on Latin literature.
This collection of original essays examines the comedy of Plautus as a creative dialogue with contemporary culture. The studies explore his engagement with Greek literature, science, and philosophy, revealing his foundational influence on Latin literature.
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A Special Model of Classical Reception
Summaries and Short Narratives
This volume traces the influence of epics like the Odyssey across a vast geographical and cultural space. It analyzes modern and contemporary tales from around the globe, focusing on how major political phenomena can have on universal creativity.
This volume traces the influence of epics like the Odyssey across a vast geographical and cultural space. It analyzes modern and contemporary tales from around the globe, focusing on how major political phenomena can have on universal creativity.
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Retelling Cinderella
Cultural and Creative Transformations
This collection demonstrates how the Cinderella story remains active in societies adapting to modern culture. The volume explores dating apps, prom nights, women’s roles, and gender identity through international perspectives on folklore, film, fashion, and literature.
This collection demonstrates how the Cinderella story remains active in societies adapting to modern culture. The volume explores dating apps, prom nights, women’s roles, and gender identity through international perspectives on folklore, film, fashion, and literature.
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German Representations of the Far North (17th-19th Centuries)
Writing the Arctic
German travellers, explorers, and scholars produced significant new knowledge about the Arctic from the 17th to the 19th century. This is the first English-language volume dedicated to their work, offering critical readings of travelogues, histories, and fiction.
German travellers, explorers, and scholars produced significant new knowledge about the Arctic from the 17th to the 19th century. This is the first English-language volume dedicated to their work, offering critical readings of travelogues, histories, and fiction.
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Voices of Sanskrit Poets
A Fresh Look at the Classics
Is Vālmīki’s Sīta a feminist archetype? Is infidelity a virtue? This book offers a fresh perspective on Sanskrit literature for the modern reader, juxtaposing the heroism of Achilles and Rāma and exploring the power of love through Cordelia and Śakuntala.
Is Vālmīki’s Sīta a feminist archetype? Is infidelity a virtue? This book offers a fresh perspective on Sanskrit literature for the modern reader, juxtaposing the heroism of Achilles and Rāma and exploring the power of love through Cordelia and Śakuntala.
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This volume challenges colonial representations of indigenous peoples. It re-reads native discourses from around the world to celebrate their multiplicity of meanings, discussing literary performances, history, testimony, displacement, and the struggle for legitimacy.
This volume challenges colonial representations of indigenous peoples. It re-reads native discourses from around the world to celebrate their multiplicity of meanings, discussing literary performances, history, testimony, displacement, and the struggle for legitimacy.
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Victoria Ocampo's account of Rabindranath Tagore’s stay in Argentina is an important document tracing Indo-Argentine contact. This first English translation includes a critical introduction, notes, and an annotated bibliography for scholars and readers.
Victoria Ocampo’s account of Rabindranath Tagore’s stay in Argentina is an important document tracing Indo-Argentine contact. This first English translation includes a critical introduction, notes, and an annotated bibliography for scholars and readers.
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Zeus, Jupiter, Jesus and the Catholic Church
What Good Is a God?
Why get out of bed in the morning? This book finds an answer in Virgil’s Aeneid: “No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” It connects the Aeneid’s deceitful gods to the Bible’s Devil to reveal an offer of eternal happiness, freely given, not forced.
Why get out of bed in the morning? This book finds an answer in Virgil’s Aeneid: “No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” It connects the Aeneid’s deceitful gods to the Bible’s Devil to reveal an offer of eternal happiness, freely given, not forced.
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This book studies contemporary Portuguese and Brazilian poets influenced by the Greco-Roman tradition. The comparison between poets from the two countries highlights the cultural community that unites them through the common theme of travels, routes, and symbolic adventures.
This book studies contemporary Portuguese and Brazilian poets influenced by the Greco-Roman tradition. The comparison between poets from the two countries highlights the cultural community that unites them through the common theme of travels, routes, and symbolic adventures.
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Cicero was one of Epicurus’ most fervent critics. This book challenges that conventional view, arguing that despite his anti-Epicurean statements, personal benefit played a vital role in his relationships, even with his family, in accord with the very philosophy he rejected.
Cicero was one of Epicurus’ most fervent critics. This book challenges that conventional view, arguing that despite his anti-Epicurean statements, personal benefit played a vital role in his relationships, even with his family, in accord with the very philosophy he rejected.
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This selection of studies unites East and West, exploring space in literature, drama, and film. Through challenging analyses, the reader journeys into complementary cultures to discover how spatiality produces knowledge, and how reading itself becomes a form of owning space.
This selection of studies unites East and West, exploring space in literature, drama, and film. Through challenging analyses, the reader journeys into complementary cultures to discover how spatiality produces knowledge, and how reading itself becomes a form of owning space.
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So fiercely anti-clerical it was placed on the Index of Prohibited Books, this 15th-century Italian collection is a landmark of short fiction. Its tales of murder, incest, and ingenious adultery are by turns grim, comic, tragic, and erotic.
So fiercely anti-clerical it was placed on the Index of Prohibited Books, this 15th-century Italian collection is a landmark of short fiction. Its tales of murder, incest, and ingenious adultery are by turns grim, comic, tragic, and erotic.
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The Young Dante
Archetypes of His Early Intellectual Biography
This book explores Dante’s formative Florentine years, a crucible of great importance. Focusing on the Vita Nuova and early poems, it shows how the young poet took archetypes from ancient-medieval tradition and reshaped them to pave the way for his own work.
This book explores Dante’s formative Florentine years, a crucible of great importance. Focusing on the Vita Nuova and early poems, it shows how the young poet took archetypes from ancient-medieval tradition and reshaped them to pave the way for his own work.
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Literary Misogyny and Praise of Women in the Middle Ages
Commented Readings of Medieval Texts
This book examines two major traditions in medieval literature: the praise of women and misogyny. It explores misogyny from the Church Fathers to secular authors and discusses the major literary works that praised women as a response to their misogynist counterparts.
This book examines two major traditions in medieval literature: the praise of women and misogyny. It explores misogyny from the Church Fathers to secular authors and discusses the major literary works that praised women as a response to their misogynist counterparts.
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This book explores the British myth of Russia—a collection of images, stereotypes, and plots formed over centuries by cultural and historical forces. It describes the major stages of the myth's development and analyzes the forms it takes in British fiction.
This book explores the British myth of Russia—a collection of images, stereotypes, and plots formed over centuries by cultural and historical forces. It describes the major stages of the myth’s development and analyzes the forms it takes in British fiction.
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This book explores the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. It considers their principal characters, their motivations, and what their legacies mean to us today, revealing the enduring influence of Classical Greek drama on modern culture.
This book explores the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. It considers their principal characters, their motivations, and what their legacies mean to us today, revealing the enduring influence of Classical Greek drama on modern culture.
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This book investigates what songwriters read before they start singing. It explores the complex intertextual connections between popular songs and literary works, showing how lyrics adapt material from sources like poems, novels, plays, films, the Bible, and Shakespeare.
This book investigates what songwriters read before they start singing. It explores the complex intertextual connections between popular songs and literary works, showing how lyrics adapt material from sources like poems, novels, plays, films, the Bible, and Shakespeare.
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Post-Millennial Perceptions and Post-Pandemic Realities
Living Dystopian
Even in dystopia, mundane life becomes life-giving. This book attests to human resilience, where the darkest images yield the sweetness of hope. A frontier document on Covid-19, its stellar contributors explore art, medicine, economics, and history with tenacity and awe.
Even in dystopia, mundane life becomes life-giving. This book attests to human resilience, where the darkest images yield the sweetness of hope. A frontier document on Covid-19, its stellar contributors explore art, medicine, economics, and history with tenacity and awe.
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Travel writing can guide our connection with the nonhuman world. This collection of essays by international writers explores sustainable travel and our bond with nature. Encompassing diverse genres, it is for all interested in travel, ecology, and the philosophy of place.
Travel writing can guide our connection with the nonhuman world. This collection of essays by international writers explores sustainable travel and our bond with nature. Encompassing diverse genres, it is for all interested in travel, ecology, and the philosophy of place.
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