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Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men
Superheroes and the American Experience
This collection explores the superhero's evolution from 1930s comics to modern cinema. It examines how iconic heroes like Superman, Batman, and the Avengers reflect the historical contexts of their eras, from the Great Depression to the Cold War and beyond.
This collection explores the superhero’s evolution from 1930s comics to modern cinema. It examines how iconic heroes like Superman, Batman, and the Avengers reflect the historical contexts of their eras, from the Great Depression to the Cold War and beyond.
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The Failure of Augustus
Essays on the Interpretation of a Paradox
Though he had a proud and clear aim, in the end, Augustus was defeated by his own persistence. Using contemporaneous sources and Augustus’ own words, Judge’s study explores this downfall. It also argues for the primacy of original sources in historical interpretation.
Though he had a proud and clear aim, in the end, Augustus was defeated by his own persistence. Using contemporaneous sources and Augustus’ own words, Judge’s study explores this downfall. It also argues for the primacy of original sources in historical interpretation.
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Byron is often thought of as the Romantic poet most familiar with the East. This book examines this thesis, looking at Byron’s knowledge of the East and its religions, his Turkish Tales, his influence on Pushkin, and his own disorientated existence.
Byron is often thought of as the Romantic poet most familiar with the East. This book examines this thesis, looking at Byron’s knowledge of the East and its religions, his Turkish Tales, his influence on Pushkin, and his own disorientated existence.
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Laughter and War
Humorous-Satirical Magazines in Britain, France, Germany and Russia 1914–1918
This book explores the impact of World War One in four countries, and breaks new ground by exploring this through the medium of what their respective populations laughed at, investigating four humorous-satirical magazines of the period.
This book explores the impact of World War One in four countries, and breaks new ground by exploring this through the medium of what their respective populations laughed at, investigating four humorous-satirical magazines of the period.
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Cheap Print and the People
European Perspectives on Popular Literature
For 500 years, cheap print was the staple diet of ordinary Europeans, offering news, scandal, folktales, and songs. Neglected for centuries, these materials shine a light on the culture and lives of the people. This is the first pan-European study of the subject.
For 500 years, cheap print was the staple diet of ordinary Europeans, offering news, scandal, folktales, and songs. Neglected for centuries, these materials shine a light on the culture and lives of the people. This is the first pan-European study of the subject.
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The essays here focus on the relevance of the past to the present and future in terms of the shifting attitudes to personal and collective experiences that have shaped dominant Western critical discourses about history, memory, and nostalgia.
The essays here focus on the relevance of the past to the present and future in terms of the shifting attitudes to personal and collective experiences that have shaped dominant Western critical discourses about history, memory, and nostalgia.
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This book addresses the blurred lines between magic, religion, and science in Spanish literature and history. It explores the divide between white and black magic, Alfonso X’s court, and a window of quasi-tolerance amidst Muslims, Jews, and Christians.
This book addresses the blurred lines between magic, religion, and science in Spanish literature and history. It explores the divide between white and black magic, Alfonso X’s court, and a window of quasi-tolerance amidst Muslims, Jews, and Christians.
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The Sea in the Literary Imagination
Global Perspectives
This collection explores nautical themes in literature from multiple cultures. Spanning a millennium, it emphasizes the universality of human experience with the sea, offering unique insights for scholars while intriguing general readers with the interconnectedness it reveals.
This collection explores nautical themes in literature from multiple cultures. Spanning a millennium, it emphasizes the universality of human experience with the sea, offering unique insights for scholars while intriguing general readers with the interconnectedness it reveals.
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This book offers a theoretical and practical treatment of World and Comparative Literature from the perspective of “peripheral” cultures. It aims to transcend the monologues of cultural “centres,” advocating for creative dialogues and a mutually enriching symbiotic relationship.
This book offers a theoretical and practical treatment of World and Comparative Literature from the perspective of “peripheral” cultures. It aims to transcend the monologues of cultural “centres,” advocating for creative dialogues and a mutually enriching symbiotic relationship.
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Helen Waddell’s classic novel tells the powerful love story of 12th-century teacher Peter Abelard and the learned Heloise. This annotated edition introduces the extensive literary and historical sources Waddell incorporated into the best-selling story of love and theology.
Helen Waddell’s classic novel tells the powerful love story of 12th-century teacher Peter Abelard and the learned Heloise. This annotated edition introduces the extensive literary and historical sources Waddell incorporated into the best-selling story of love and theology.
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The Legacy of Karen Gershon
Child Survivor to Author and Poet
Based on private archives, this is the story of Karen Gershon, a child survivor rescued on the Kindertransport whose writing became the voice of a generation. It reveals her search for identity and home, and a family's struggle with immigration and inherited trauma.
Based on private archives, this is the story of Karen Gershon, a child survivor rescued on the Kindertransport whose writing became the voice of a generation. It reveals her search for identity and home, and a family’s struggle with immigration and inherited trauma.
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This study applies postcolonial theory to Eastern Europe, arguing that ideological domination engenders similar forms of cultural resistance. It offers a comparative framework, revealing a shared imaginative space in authors like Milan Kundera and Salman Rushdie.
This study applies postcolonial theory to Eastern Europe, arguing that ideological domination engenders similar forms of cultural resistance. It offers a comparative framework, revealing a shared imaginative space in authors like Milan Kundera and Salman Rushdie.
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Perspectives on Ecocriticism
Local Beginnings, Global Echoes
This volume gathers together papers presented at the conference “Ecocriticism in the Nordic Countries; Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”. The chapters engage with topics such as the Anthropocene, sustainability, and civilizational critique, as well as dark ecology and animal studies.
This volume gathers together papers presented at the conference “Ecocriticism in the Nordic Countries; Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”. The chapters engage with topics such as the Anthropocene, sustainability, and civilizational critique, as well as dark ecology and animal studies.
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Poetics of Indigenismo in Zapatista Discourse
The Mexican Revolution Revisioned through Mayan Eyes
Analysing the writings of Subcomandante Marcos and their relationship to multiple literary genres, this work shows that ,while Marcos employs the iconography of Che Guevara and Zapata et al., he also embodies the aspiration ‘to change the world without taking power’.
Analysing the writings of Subcomandante Marcos and their relationship to multiple literary genres, this work shows that ,while Marcos employs the iconography of Che Guevara and Zapata et al., he also embodies the aspiration ‘to change the world without taking power’.
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Memory, Narrative and Forgiveness
Perspectives on the Unfinished Journeys of the Past
Drawing on South Africa's TRC and global case studies, scholars explore the themes of memory, narrative, and forgiveness. This book analyzes the path to reconciliation and healing for societies ravaged by mass violence and unspeakable injustice.
Drawing on South Africa’s TRC and global case studies, scholars explore the themes of memory, narrative, and forgiveness. This book analyzes the path to reconciliation and healing for societies ravaged by mass violence and unspeakable injustice.
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This study explores the work of feminist authors who responded to the Italian Risorgimento (1799-1861). Through novels, poetry, and political analyses, women from Mary Shelley to Cristina Belgiojoso championed democracy, civic justice, and gender equality.
This study explores the work of feminist authors who responded to the Italian Risorgimento (1799-1861). Through novels, poetry, and political analyses, women from Mary Shelley to Cristina Belgiojoso championed democracy, civic justice, and gender equality.
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The Making of the Modern Greeks
1400-1820
How did the Modern Greeks re-emerge on the historical stage after centuries of obscurity? This book examines the formation of New Hellenism, showing how various social groups differentiated themselves from the Ottoman system to create a distinct economic and cultural space.
How did the Modern Greeks re-emerge on the historical stage after centuries of obscurity? This book examines the formation of New Hellenism, showing how various social groups differentiated themselves from the Ottoman system to create a distinct economic and cultural space.
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Twelve original essays explore the afterlives of nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers in biofiction and the biopic. Featuring case studies on Charlotte Brontë, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf, this volume situates these genres in their cultural and ideological contexts.
Twelve original essays explore the afterlives of nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers in biofiction and the biopic. Featuring case studies on Charlotte Brontë, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf, this volume situates these genres in their cultural and ideological contexts.
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Fiction Unbound
Bernardine Evaristo
This book shows how Bernardine Evaristo is not simply a “multicultural” writer. It reveals an author who questions concepts like “Englishness,” race, and gender, giving marginalized characters the chance to tell their own stories.
This book shows how Bernardine Evaristo is not simply a “multicultural” writer. It reveals an author who questions concepts like “Englishness,” race, and gender, giving marginalized characters the chance to tell their own stories.
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These essays track travel narratives from the eighth to the eighteenth century. Their voyages, from the literal to the spiritual, show the enduring influence of the medieval geographical imagination upon post-medieval travel, discovery, and encounters between East and West.
These essays track travel narratives from the eighth to the eighteenth century. Their voyages, from the literal to the spiritual, show the enduring influence of the medieval geographical imagination upon post-medieval travel, discovery, and encounters between East and West.
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