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This is the first work comparing Margaret Drabble with key Iraqi novelists, including Ahmed Saadawi. It analyses physical and soft violence in their novels, arguing they are interwoven and that soft violence can cause as much psychological and literal damage as hard violence.
This is the first work comparing Margaret Drabble with key Iraqi novelists, including Ahmed Saadawi. It analyses physical and soft violence in their novels, arguing they are interwoven and that soft violence can cause as much psychological and literal damage as hard violence.
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The Graveyard in Literature
Liminality and Social Critique
This volume explores how cultural texts use the graveyard as a liminal space to challenge social values and articulate new perspectives. Immersed between life and death, where traditional certainties are suspended, new models for human interaction can be formulated.
This volume explores how cultural texts use the graveyard as a liminal space to challenge social values and articulate new perspectives. Immersed between life and death, where traditional certainties are suspended, new models for human interaction can be formulated.
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This book explores dystopian British views of Serbia as a travel destination from 1717 to 1911. Travel accounts depict a politically unstable region on the fringe of the Orient, demonising Serbia's national struggle while shedding light on its national awakening.
This book explores dystopian British views of Serbia as a travel destination from 1717 to 1911. Travel accounts depict a politically unstable region on the fringe of the Orient, demonising Serbia’s national struggle while shedding light on its national awakening.
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Contemporary Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Writing Back to History and Oppression
This book explores how contemporary children’s and young adult novels write back to history and oppression. Analyzing works from across the globe, it investigates how these narratives raise vital questions about identity, power, language, and social justice.
This book explores how contemporary children’s and young adult novels write back to history and oppression. Analyzing works from across the globe, it investigates how these narratives raise vital questions about identity, power, language, and social justice.
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This volume explores space, place, and hybridity in today’s multicultural societies. It considers how art, film, and literature can reinvigorate representations of modern nations and celebrate their dynamic communities without relegating minorities to the margin.
This volume explores space, place, and hybridity in today’s multicultural societies. It considers how art, film, and literature can reinvigorate representations of modern nations and celebrate their dynamic communities without relegating minorities to the margin.
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Modern Messages from Green Gables on Loving, Living and Learning
The Anne Stories
Many know Anne of Green Gables, but few know its author, L.M. Montgomery—a feminist far ahead of her time. In this book, a revivified Anne and her husband Gilbert explore their creator's life, revealing how her challenges and triumphs offer messages for our own lives today.
Many know Anne of Green Gables, but few know its author, L.M. Montgomery—a feminist far ahead of her time. In this book, a revivified Anne and her husband Gilbert explore their creator’s life, revealing how her challenges and triumphs offer messages for our own lives today.
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This collection revises subjectivity with postmodern theories, introducing a dynamic subjectivity to minority and colonial/postcolonial texts. Exploring intersubjectivity as a hybrid and flexible space, contributors discuss how different subjectivities negotiate and interrelate.
This collection revises subjectivity with postmodern theories, introducing a dynamic subjectivity to minority and colonial/postcolonial texts. Exploring intersubjectivity as a hybrid and flexible space, contributors discuss how different subjectivities negotiate and interrelate.
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Two of the world’s most wicked writers, decadent poets Viereck and Crowley, formed an alliance in 1915 New York. Viereck was the editor of a pro-German magazine; Crowley was his new hire. But was Crowley a British secret agent sent to spy on the German network?
Two of the world’s most wicked writers, decadent poets Viereck and Crowley, formed an alliance in 1915 New York. Viereck was the editor of a pro-German magazine; Crowley was his new hire. But was Crowley a British secret agent sent to spy on the German network?
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While the 1588 Spanish Armada is famous, its impact on literature has long been neglected. This book presents the conflict through the literature of both nations, offering a view from Spanish and English voices: Shakespeare and Marlowe are flanked by Cervantes and Lope de Vega.
While the 1588 Spanish Armada is famous, its impact on literature has long been neglected. This book presents the conflict through the literature of both nations, offering a view from Spanish and English voices: Shakespeare and Marlowe are flanked by Cervantes and Lope de Vega.
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This book introduces the critical issues in Shakespeare’s plays. What is the secret of a character like Falstaff? What philosophical arguments do the problem plays introduce? What is the value of Shakespeare’s perspective for thinking effectively in our world now?
This book introduces the critical issues in Shakespeare’s plays. What is the secret of a character like Falstaff? What philosophical arguments do the problem plays introduce? What is the value of Shakespeare’s perspective for thinking effectively in our world now?
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P. Papinius Statius Volume V
Siluae, Readings and Conjectures
The first-century AD poet Statius wrote epics and the Siluae, a collection of occasional poems. This volume provides a comprehensive conspectus of manuscript readings of the Siluae, with a complete register of conjectures by modern scholars.
The first-century AD poet Statius wrote epics and the Siluae, a collection of occasional poems. This volume provides a comprehensive conspectus of manuscript readings of the Siluae, with a complete register of conjectures by modern scholars.
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Repeating Words, Retelling Stories
Repetition, Variation, and Serial Significance in Literature
In literature, repetition does more than re-enforce a concept; it creates new meaning. This book explores examples from Homer, Virgil, and Ovid, and draws on neuro-cognitive science to show why repetition is an unavoidable staple of any text.
In literature, repetition does more than re-enforce a concept; it creates new meaning. This book explores examples from Homer, Virgil, and Ovid, and draws on neuro-cognitive science to show why repetition is an unavoidable staple of any text.
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This overview of modern Arabic poetry is seen through its leading exponents: Salim Barakat, Mahmud Darwish, and Adunis. Unsurpassed translations reveal how Barakat’s poetry re-invents Kurdish culture, throwing new light on the output of his friend Mahmud Darwish.
This overview of modern Arabic poetry is seen through its leading exponents: Salim Barakat, Mahmud Darwish, and Adunis. Unsurpassed translations reveal how Barakat’s poetry re-invents Kurdish culture, throwing new light on the output of his friend Mahmud Darwish.
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Mythology offers cultural codes essential to the construction of culture and identity. This volume compares mythological elements in contemporary narratives with the motifs of classical narratives, and investigates their functions through semiotics and narratology.
Mythology offers cultural codes essential to the construction of culture and identity. This volume compares mythological elements in contemporary narratives with the motifs of classical narratives, and investigates their functions through semiotics and narratology.
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Explore the wanderings of Odysseus in books 5-13 of Homer's Odyssey. This guide provides a readable translation, summaries, and in-depth analysis to enhance your enjoyment of the epic's most famous segment. It also includes exercises and topics for further investigation.
Explore the wanderings of Odysseus in books 5-13 of Homer’s Odyssey. This guide provides a readable translation, summaries, and in-depth analysis to enhance your enjoyment of the epic’s most famous segment. It also includes exercises and topics for further investigation.
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This collection re-examines the work and life of Arthur Conan Doyle from multiple perspectives. It considers overlooked aspects of his oeuvre, offering fresh perspectives on his fiction and his relationship to contemporary writers and movements.
This collection re-examines the work and life of Arthur Conan Doyle from multiple perspectives. It considers overlooked aspects of his oeuvre, offering fresh perspectives on his fiction and his relationship to contemporary writers and movements.
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English Writings from Northeast India
Of Inclusions, Exclusions and Beyond
This volume explores English writings from Northeast India, analysing issues of ethnicity, identity, migration, and insurgency born from ongoing conflicts. These are voices from the periphery answering the mainstream and re-examining their own history.
This volume explores English writings from Northeast India, analysing issues of ethnicity, identity, migration, and insurgency born from ongoing conflicts. These are voices from the periphery answering the mainstream and re-examining their own history.
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As we awaken to environmental crises, climate fiction (cli-fi) depicts our transformed Earth. This book analyzes apocalyptic works of literature, media, and art, shedding light on the inevitable interconnection of humankind with the nonhuman environment.
As we awaken to environmental crises, climate fiction (cli-fi) depicts our transformed Earth. This book analyzes apocalyptic works of literature, media, and art, shedding light on the inevitable interconnection of humankind with the nonhuman environment.
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Towards a Theory of Whodunits
Murder Rewritten
This volume follows the evolution of detective fiction from the late eighteenth century to its contemporary multi-media expressions. Tackling well-known and forgotten authors, classic texts, and films, the book explores the impact of whodunits on highbrow and popular culture.
This volume follows the evolution of detective fiction from the late eighteenth century to its contemporary multi-media expressions. Tackling well-known and forgotten authors, classic texts, and films, the book explores the impact of whodunits on highbrow and popular culture.
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Mobilizing Narratives
Narrating Injustices of (Im)Mobility
In a world defined by forced migration, who is free to move and who is not? This volume uncovers the injustices of (im)mobility—driven by war, climate change, and inequality—as powerfully represented in literary texts.
In a world defined by forced migration, who is free to move and who is not? This volume uncovers the injustices of (im)mobility—driven by war, climate change, and inequality—as powerfully represented in literary texts.
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