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In an era of standardization, dialect and patois are marks of identity. No in-depth treatment has been offered as to the causes and consequences of language mixing from both linguistic and literary views. This book aims to fill this lack of analysis.
In an era of standardization, dialect and patois are marks of identity. No in-depth treatment has been offered as to the causes and consequences of language mixing from both linguistic and literary views. This book aims to fill this lack of analysis.
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Asayesh considers how magical realism was used in the works of three contemporary female writers, namely Marina Warner, Isabel Allende, and Raja Alem. She shows how, by applying magical realism, these writers empowered women changed the process of history writing by the powerful.
Asayesh considers how magical realism was used in the works of three contemporary female writers, namely Marina Warner, Isabel Allende, and Raja Alem. She shows how, by applying magical realism, these writers empowered women changed the process of history writing by the powerful.
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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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Postcolonial Slavery
An Overview of Colonialism’s Legacy
Foregrounding the material realities of slavery, these essays explore its legacies and the defiant resistance of runaway slaves, challenging the marginalization of colonial history.
Foregrounding the material realities of slavery, these essays explore its legacies and the defiant resistance of runaway slaves, challenging the marginalization of colonial history.
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Postcolonialism
South/African Perspectives
Can literature recenter postcolonial studies? Through a South African lens, these essays move beyond theory to the subjective power of literary texts, challenging us to see our interconnected worlds anew.
Can literature recenter postcolonial studies? Through a South African lens, these essays move beyond theory to the subjective power of literary texts, challenging us to see our interconnected worlds anew.
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Following the advent of the printing press, Italian humanist Latin texts spread across Europe. This study is the first comprehensive account of their dissemination and impact on the Renaissance curriculum and the rising national literary traditions of the period.
Following the advent of the printing press, Italian humanist Latin texts spread across Europe. This study is the first comprehensive account of their dissemination and impact on the Renaissance curriculum and the rising national literary traditions of the period.
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Re-Imagining the First World War
New Perspectives in Anglophone Literature and Culture
What is the place of the First World War in cultural memory today? This volume explores the Great War’s enduring significance in Anglophone literature and culture, from poetry and film to Downton Abbey, offering new perspectives on the conflict.
What is the place of the First World War in cultural memory today? This volume explores the Great War’s enduring significance in Anglophone literature and culture, from poetry and film to Downton Abbey, offering new perspectives on the conflict.
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Re-reading Kazantzakis’s Askitiki
Centenary Reflections
Emerging and established scholars plunge into the abyss of Kazantzakis’s most arresting philosophical treatise, Askitiki. This volume sheds new light on one of his most misunderstood works, bringing fresh voices to the study of one of Greece’s most important figures.
Emerging and established scholars plunge into the abyss of Kazantzakis’s most arresting philosophical treatise, Askitiki. This volume sheds new light on one of his most misunderstood works, bringing fresh voices to the study of one of Greece’s most important figures.
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This interdisciplinary collection explores how early modern texts were appropriated by individuals and groups. Case studies show how a text's physical form impacts its readership, concluding that texts hold no fixed meaning but are interpreted by each reader.
This interdisciplinary collection explores how early modern texts were appropriated by individuals and groups. Case studies show how a text’s physical form impacts its readership, concluding that texts hold no fixed meaning but are interpreted by each reader.
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Despite criticism, a continuing affection for Enid Blyton's work is apparent. This book places her work in its cultural and historical context, examining recurring themes of childhood, class, and fantasy, and asks whether she was as reactionary a writer as she appeared.
Despite criticism, a continuing affection for Enid Blyton’s work is apparent. This book places her work in its cultural and historical context, examining recurring themes of childhood, class, and fantasy, and asks whether she was as reactionary a writer as she appeared.
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This anthology gathers the insight, knowledge, and wisdom found in different manifestations of “resistance art” to further our understanding of the impact of resistance on contemporary life.
This anthology gathers the insight, knowledge, and wisdom found in different manifestations of “resistance art” to further our understanding of the impact of resistance on contemporary life.
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Reflecting 9/11
New Narratives in Literature, Television, Film and Theatre
This collection challenges the view that artistic responses to 9/11 are limited. It traces the emergence of a new paradigm for discussing these narratives as self-conscious interventions that ask crucial questions about how 9/11 is being historicized.
This collection challenges the view that artistic responses to 9/11 are limited. It traces the emergence of a new paradigm for discussing these narratives as self-conscious interventions that ask crucial questions about how 9/11 is being historicized.
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This book features accessible close readings of modern poetry's engagement with religious experience. It presents diverse modes of the poetic endeavor to capture the divine, exploring a spectrum of attitudes from Christian faith to the worship of nature as the Force of Life.
This book features accessible close readings of modern poetry’s engagement with religious experience. It presents diverse modes of the poetic endeavor to capture the divine, exploring a spectrum of attitudes from Christian faith to the worship of nature as the Force of Life.
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This volume of essays investigates the “European civilizing mission” through conflict. Centered on a controversial debate, contributors review colonial and postcolonial imperial conflicts to offer new perspectives on the British Empire.
This volume of essays investigates the “European civilizing mission” through conflict. Centered on a controversial debate, contributors review colonial and postcolonial imperial conflicts to offer new perspectives on the British Empire.
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Revisiting “Social Factors”
Advancing Research into People and Place
This collection of cutting-edge research explores the human experience of the built environment. Touching on issues of sustainability, disaster recovery, and culture, it demonstrates a renaissance of Social Factors for scholars, students, and practitioners.
This collection of cutting-edge research explores the human experience of the built environment. Touching on issues of sustainability, disaster recovery, and culture, it demonstrates a renaissance of Social Factors for scholars, students, and practitioners.
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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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Rewriting/Reprising
Plural Intertextualities
These essays explore the poetics of rewriting—from homage to dissidence—revealing how second-degree literature and art can challenge and remake our cultural heritage.
These essays explore the poetics of rewriting—from homage to dissidence—revealing how second-degree literature and art can challenge and remake our cultural heritage.
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Rewriting/Reprising in Literature
The Paradoxes of Intertextuality
This book offers a fresh outlook on rewriting-reprising. Taking a text’s origin as untraceable, it reconsiders trauma in relation to creative repetition. The act of reprising is a creation ex nihilo: the repetitive stitching of what is constantly ripped up.
This book offers a fresh outlook on rewriting-reprising. Taking a text’s origin as untraceable, it reconsiders trauma in relation to creative repetition. The act of reprising is a creation ex nihilo: the repetitive stitching of what is constantly ripped up.
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Romantic Ireland
From Tone to Gonne; Fresh Perspectives on Nineteenth-Century Ireland
Romantic Ireland: From Tone to Gonne takes Irish Studies in new directions. Bringing together international scholars, it explores the tumultuous nineteenth century through a cross-cultural comparison with Scotland, enhancing our awareness of colonialism and nationalism.
Romantic Ireland: From Tone to Gonne takes Irish Studies in new directions. Bringing together international scholars, it explores the tumultuous nineteenth century through a cross-cultural comparison with Scotland, enhancing our awareness of colonialism and nationalism.
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