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This book investigates truth in Anne Sexton’s poetry. The author argues that Sexton's heightened transparency and detailed accounts of her private stories establish a close relationship with the reader, demonstrating a unique inscription of truth in her work.
This book investigates truth in Anne Sexton’s poetry. The author argues that Sexton’s heightened transparency and detailed accounts of her private stories establish a close relationship with the reader, demonstrating a unique inscription of truth in her work.
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“A Noble Unrest”
Contemporary Essays on the Work of George MacDonald
"A Noble Unrest" is an international collection of essays on George MacDonald, the 19th-century fantasy writer whose work critiqued the Victorian era. Scholars explore his fiction, his influence, and his relevance for the contemporary reader.
“A Noble Unrest” is an international collection of essays on George MacDonald, the 19th-century fantasy writer whose work critiqued the Victorian era. Scholars explore his fiction, his influence, and his relevance for the contemporary reader.
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“Catch if you can your country’s moment”
Recovery and Regeneration in the Poetry of Adrienne Rich
These essays explore Adrienne Rich’s work, arguing for a shift from her personal feminist awakening to her later, public re-imagination of America. A transformative cartographer of words, Rich remaps our culture for the marginalized and the resistant.
These essays explore Adrienne Rich’s work, arguing for a shift from her personal feminist awakening to her later, public re-imagination of America. A transformative cartographer of words, Rich remaps our culture for the marginalized and the resistant.
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“His Words Were Nourishment and His Counsel Food”
A Festschrift for David W. Holton
Explore the remarkable range of Greek literature, from medieval romance to postmodern fiction. These essays connect Shakespeare to Cavafy and cannibalism to dictatorships, revealing a culture thriving at the crossroads of history.
Explore the remarkable range of Greek literature, from medieval romance to postmodern fiction. These essays connect Shakespeare to Cavafy and cannibalism to dictatorships, revealing a culture thriving at the crossroads of history.
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“Rapt in Secret Studies”
Emerging Shakespeares
Inspired by Prospero’s phrase “rapt in secret studies,” this collection of essays from emerging scholars imagines new pathways in Shakespeare Studies, exploring themes of obsession (“rapt”), spies and contagion (“secret”), and authorship (“study”).
Inspired by Prospero’s phrase “rapt in secret studies,” this collection of essays from emerging scholars imagines new pathways in Shakespeare Studies, exploring themes of obsession (“rapt”), spies and contagion (“secret”), and authorship (“study”).
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“The Given Note”
Traditional Music and Modern Irish Poetry
This book examines how traditional Irish music and song have influenced Irish poets. It looks at this influence historically and in contemporary work, focusing on six key poets, including Seamus Heaney, Ciaran Carson, and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill.
This book examines how traditional Irish music and song have influenced Irish poets. It looks at this influence historically and in contemporary work, focusing on six key poets, including Seamus Heaney, Ciaran Carson, and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill.
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“The Turn of the Hand”
A Memoir from the Irish Margins
This memoir, written by an “insider,” recalls the lives of the Irish Traveller community during an era of enormous social and cultural change. It tells the stories of a people whose history has often been forgotten or relegated to the cultural margins.
This memoir, written by an “insider,” recalls the lives of the Irish Traveller community during an era of enormous social and cultural change. It tells the stories of a people whose history has often been forgotten or relegated to the cultural margins.
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“This Shipwreck of Fragments”
Historical Memory, Imaginary Identities, and Postcolonial Geography in Caribbean Culture and Literature
This book examines Caribbean cultural identities beyond the popular perception of hybridity. Drawing on literature and music from the Hispanic and Francophone Caribbean, it reveals troubled pasts and current problems eclipsed by the "tropical getaway" myth.
This book examines Caribbean cultural identities beyond the popular perception of hybridity. Drawing on literature and music from the Hispanic and Francophone Caribbean, it reveals troubled pasts and current problems eclipsed by the “tropical getaway” myth.
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This study examines mixed-race characters in literature from the African diaspora across the US, Caribbean, Europe, and Africa. It analyzes the different ways multiracial characters look at the world, how the world looks at them, and their constant search for identity.
This study examines mixed-race characters in literature from the African diaspora across the US, Caribbean, Europe, and Africa. It analyzes the different ways multiracial characters look at the world, how the world looks at them, and their constant search for identity.
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“Untitled”
A Memoir of Ireland's Nascent Years
This memoir of Tomás Bairéad, an active member of the Irish Volunteers and regarded as one of the finest short-story writers in Irish of the twentieth-century, makes for fascinating reading, offering insights into life in rural Ireland during this period.
This memoir of Tomás Bairéad, an active member of the Irish Volunteers and regarded as one of the finest short-story writers in Irish of the twentieth-century, makes for fascinating reading, offering insights into life in rural Ireland during this period.
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“What Countrey’s This? And Whither Are We Gone?”
Papers presented at the Twelfth International Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation (Aberdeen University, 30th July – 2nd August 2008)
This volume includes twenty-two peer-reviewed papers from an international conference on the Literature of Region and Nation. The essays explore literature from all five continents, considering diaspora, exile, language, and cultural interactions.
This volume includes twenty-two peer-reviewed papers from an international conference on the Literature of Region and Nation. The essays explore literature from all five continents, considering diaspora, exile, language, and cultural interactions.
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“A Warr So Desperate”
John Milton and Some Contemporaries on the Irish Rebellion
This book examines how John Milton, the famed champion of liberty, justified the brutal reconquest of Ireland. It situates his work within the anti-Catholic and ethnic prejudices of the time, arguing for his complicity in the colonial campaign.
This book examines how John Milton, the famed champion of liberty, justified the brutal reconquest of Ireland. It situates his work within the anti-Catholic and ethnic prejudices of the time, arguing for his complicity in the colonial campaign.
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“Curious, if True”
The Fantastic in Literature
This collection of articles on the fantastic makes connections across genres and historical periods. From magic realism and sci-fi to the Gothic, these essays further the reach of fantasy in the study of English literature and expand perspectives in the field.
This collection of articles on the fantastic makes connections across genres and historical periods. From magic realism and sci-fi to the Gothic, these essays further the reach of fantasy in the study of English literature and expand perspectives in the field.
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“Divining Thoughts”
Future Directions in Shakespeare Studies
The next generation of Shakespeare scholars offers a glimpse into the future of Renaissance Studies. These essays explore new territory and redefine previous work, demonstrating, as Professor Stanley Wells states, that "the future of... scholarship... is in good hands.”
The next generation of Shakespeare scholars offers a glimpse into the future of Renaissance Studies. These essays explore new territory and redefine previous work, demonstrating, as Professor Stanley Wells states, that “the future of… scholarship… is in good hands.”
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“Don’t Disturb my Masterpiece!”
Towards an Ecology of Learning
This book explores a humanistic philosophy of learning where rational inquiry, emotions, and morality form a continuum. It proposes a holistic model that values learners' genuine struggle to realize their humane masterpieces.
This book explores a humanistic philosophy of learning where rational inquiry, emotions, and morality form a continuum. It proposes a holistic model that values learners’ genuine struggle to realize their humane masterpieces.
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“Imperialists in Broken Boots”
Poor Whites and Philanthropy in Southern African Writing
This book argues that in Southern Africa, ‘poor white’ was not a narrow economic category but a term for those who threatened to collapse racial, sexual, and class boundaries. It studies writers who either embraced this threat or argued for a solution.
This book argues that in Southern Africa, ‘poor white’ was not a narrow economic category but a term for those who threatened to collapse racial, sexual, and class boundaries. It studies writers who either embraced this threat or argued for a solution.
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This book argues "Romanticism" is a meaningless academic construct. Dr. Cochran then examines Byron's life and work, showing how his antithetical nature was an embarrassment for his social life, but a great benefit to his creativity.
This book argues “Romanticism” is a meaningless academic construct. Dr. Cochran then examines Byron’s life and work, showing how his antithetical nature was an embarrassment for his social life, but a great benefit to his creativity.
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“The Real Thing”
Essays on Tom Stoppard in Celebration of his 75th Birthday
Tom Stoppard is the most significant living British dramatist. The critical essays in this volume celebrate his insightful and wry work, addressing well-known plays like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead as well as his critically neglected fiction.
Tom Stoppard is the most significant living British dramatist. The critical essays in this volume celebrate his insightful and wry work, addressing well-known plays like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead as well as his critically neglected fiction.
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(Dis)Entangling Darwin
Cross-disciplinary Reflections on the Man and His Legacy
Driven by a childlike curiosity and an appetite for discovery, Charles Darwin dedicated his life to “disentangling confusions.” His legacy remains as controversial and exhilarating today as it was then, challenging scholars and inspiring new research.
Driven by a childlike curiosity and an appetite for discovery, Charles Darwin dedicated his life to “disentangling confusions.” His legacy remains as controversial and exhilarating today as it was then, challenging scholars and inspiring new research.
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(Post)Colonial Passages
Incursions and Excursions across the Literatures and Cultures in English
The essays gathered here discuss postcolonialism as a transdisciplinary field of passages that negotiate among diverse, yet interrelated, cultural fields.
The essays gathered here discuss postcolonialism as a transdisciplinary field of passages that negotiate among diverse, yet interrelated, cultural fields.
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