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Christian Inversion of Jewish Nationalist Monotheism
Clawing Our Way Back
Jesus's movement bridged the divide between Jew and Gentile. Unlike the traditional messianic expectation of a conqueror, he promoted a spiritual, apolitical union based on personal reform. His followers were a nation of priests, not warriors, for all humanity.
Jesus’s movement bridged the divide between Jew and Gentile. Unlike the traditional messianic expectation of a conqueror, he promoted a spiritual, apolitical union based on personal reform. His followers were a nation of priests, not warriors, for all humanity.
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This is the first book of academic criticism on the connection between Christianity and the detective story. It covers Chesterton, Sayers, and contemporary TV crime dramas, making the case that mystery writing provides both entertainment and religious insight.
This is the first book of academic criticism on the connection between Christianity and the detective story. It covers Chesterton, Sayers, and contemporary TV crime dramas, making the case that mystery writing provides both entertainment and religious insight.
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Christine Brooke-Rose
The Chameleonic Text Between Self-Reflexivity and Narrative Experiment
Experimental writer Christine Brooke-Rose puzzled critics with her fractal identity. This book settles the ambiguities of her work, charting the chameleonic features of her highly experimental novels and their unifying intertextual web.
Experimental writer Christine Brooke-Rose puzzled critics with her fractal identity. This book settles the ambiguities of her work, charting the chameleonic features of her highly experimental novels and their unifying intertextual web.
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In one of the world’s least-visited nations, get to know the people, their families, and traditions. This book introduces North Korea through rarely seen photographs from the author’s travels, revealing Pyongyang’s skyscrapers, the Koryo Museum, and a royal eleven-course meal.
In one of the world’s least-visited nations, get to know the people, their families, and traditions. This book introduces North Korea through rarely seen photographs from the author’s travels, revealing Pyongyang’s skyscrapers, the Koryo Museum, and a royal eleven-course meal.
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Chronology of Portuguese Literature
1128-2000
The first Chronology of Portuguese Literature published in any language, this book presents a year-by-year list of significant works from 1128 to 2000. It documents the development of Portuguese letters and includes the birth and death dates of each author.
The first Chronology of Portuguese Literature published in any language, this book presents a year-by-year list of significant works from 1128 to 2000. It documents the development of Portuguese letters and includes the birth and death dates of each author.
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Churchill’s Socialism
Political Resistance in the Plays of Caryl Churchill
While Caryl Churchill is celebrated, her socialism has been overlooked in favour of gender and postmodern themes. This book examines eight of her plays, reframing her work within socialist discourses to produce persuasive political readings of her drama.
While Caryl Churchill is celebrated, her socialism has been overlooked in favour of gender and postmodern themes. This book examines eight of her plays, reframing her work within socialist discourses to produce persuasive political readings of her drama.
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City Visions
The Work of Iain Sinclair
$START$ This collection of fourteen pathbreaking essays treats the panoramic work of Iain Sinclair, one of Britain's most significant contemporary writers. These multifaceted essays explore his poetry, prose, and filmmaking, and his complex vision of London.END$
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This collection of fourteen pathbreaking essays treats the panoramic work of Iain Sinclair, one of Britain’s most significant contemporary writers. These multifaceted essays explore his poetry, prose, and filmmaking, and his complex vision of London.END$
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Civilizing and Decivilizing Processes
Figurational Approaches to American Culture
This collection applies Norbert Elias’s theory of the “civilizing process” to American history and culture. Scholars explore topics from democracy in the early republic to the modern-day black ghetto, offering new answers to the question of America's peculiar characteristics.
This collection applies Norbert Elias’s theory of the “civilizing process” to American history and culture. Scholars explore topics from democracy in the early republic to the modern-day black ghetto, offering new answers to the question of America’s peculiar characteristics.
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Claiming Sylvia Plath
The Poet as Exemplary Figure
Claiming Sylvia Plath is a critical study of the public obsession with the poet. It explores how she has been claimed by critics, feminists, and biographers to further theories, politics, and careers, offering new perspectives on her public image.
Claiming Sylvia Plath is a critical study of the public obsession with the poet. It explores how she has been claimed by critics, feminists, and biographers to further theories, politics, and careers, offering new perspectives on her public image.
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In 1756, celebrated novelist Charlotte Lennox translated a novel by the controversial French intellectual Madame de Tencin. Knowing it was penned by a woman, Lennox serialized it in her feminist magazine. This is the first reprint in two centuries.
In 1756, celebrated novelist Charlotte Lennox translated a novel by the controversial French intellectual Madame de Tencin. Knowing it was penned by a woman, Lennox serialized it in her feminist magazine. This is the first reprint in two centuries.
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This volume continues the series project of providing interpretations of selected novels through analyses of each of its chapters. It provides in-depth explications of Austen’s text in order to illustrate its thematic complexity and model the practice of close reading.
This volume continues the series project of providing interpretations of selected novels through analyses of each of its chapters. It provides in-depth explications of Austen’s text in order to illustrate its thematic complexity and model the practice of close reading.
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Coastal Environments in the West of Ireland
Sea, Land, and Spirit
This study unites the natural sciences and humanities to explore the connections between the environment and cultural heritage on Ireland's west coast. It reveals a deep appreciation for the wild coastal topography, preserved in the Irish language, poetry, story, and music.
This study unites the natural sciences and humanities to explore the connections between the environment and cultural heritage on Ireland’s west coast. It reveals a deep appreciation for the wild coastal topography, preserved in the Irish language, poetry, story, and music.
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Cognition, Emotion and Consciousness in Modernist Storyworlds
The Feel of Experience
This volume explores the representation of minds in literary texts, focusing on modernism. Through cognition and emotion, these essays reveal the nexus between mind and narrative, arguing that experientiality is fundamental to all genres, from poetry to the novel.
This volume explores the representation of minds in literary texts, focusing on modernism. Through cognition and emotion, these essays reveal the nexus between mind and narrative, arguing that experientiality is fundamental to all genres, from poetry to the novel.
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Coleridge and Hinduism
The Unstruck Sound
The only comprehensive study of Coleridge's profound ties to Oriental Tales, revealing how Hindu works, especially the Bhagavadgītā, shaped his poetic imagination and his quest for the “One life.”
The only comprehensive study of Coleridge’s profound ties to Oriental Tales, revealing how Hindu works, especially the Bhagavadgītā, shaped his poetic imagination and his quest for the “One life.”
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Coleridge’s Chrysopoetics
Alchemy, Authorship and Imagination
This book assesses alchemy in Coleridge’s conception of authorship. It argues that for Coleridge, the author must become other to become himself. This alchemical view demonstrates a unique link between plagiarism and creativity, redefining originality itself.
This book assesses alchemy in Coleridge’s conception of authorship. It argues that for Coleridge, the author must become other to become himself. This alchemical view demonstrates a unique link between plagiarism and creativity, redefining originality itself.
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Colonial Psychosocial
Reading William Lane
With blistering rhetoric, William Lane mesmerised colonial Australia, playing on its fears of disease, deformity and invasion. This book follows his life—from dark cities to a failed utopia—to trace how he shaped a lasting legacy of exclusion.
With blistering rhetoric, William Lane mesmerised colonial Australia, playing on its fears of disease, deformity and invasion. This book follows his life—from dark cities to a failed utopia—to trace how he shaped a lasting legacy of exclusion.
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This book examines how color is categorized and named in a number of languages, drawing on as-yet unexplored aspects of color language and categorization. Several approaches are taken to describe new research on how the concept is represented in various languages.
This book examines how color is categorized and named in a number of languages, drawing on as-yet unexplored aspects of color language and categorization. Several approaches are taken to describe new research on how the concept is represented in various languages.
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Come Weep With Me
Loss and Mourning in the Writings of Caribbean Women Writers
This groundbreaking anthology examines loss and mourning in the work of Caribbean women writers like Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid, and Maryse Condé. These original essays explore slavery, dictatorships, and disaster, challenging customary discourses on loss.
This groundbreaking anthology examines loss and mourning in the work of Caribbean women writers like Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid, and Maryse Condé. These original essays explore slavery, dictatorships, and disaster, challenging customary discourses on loss.
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This book explicates the effect of increasing land transactions on social mobility in rural India. It argues that villages near cities are no longer simple communities, but are more complex and mobile as a result of urban expansion, contextualizing this within the state's laws.
This book explicates the effect of increasing land transactions on social mobility in rural India. It argues that villages near cities are no longer simple communities, but are more complex and mobile as a result of urban expansion, contextualizing this within the state’s laws.
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Communication in Postmodern Urban Fiction
The Shadow of Imagination
Exploring urban fiction from the 1980s to the early 2000s, this book reveals an anxiety about the loss of self in our digital age. From Auster and Ellis to Palahniuk and DeLillo, it highlights how distanced communication triggers an imagination of violence and destruction.
Exploring urban fiction from the 1980s to the early 2000s, this book reveals an anxiety about the loss of self in our digital age. From Auster and Ellis to Palahniuk and DeLillo, it highlights how distanced communication triggers an imagination of violence and destruction.
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