Literature – Page 18 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Defining and Redefining Space in the English-Speaking World

Contacts, Frictions, Clashes

Edited By: Fanny Moghaddassi, Ghislain Potriquet

£52.99

Focusing on contacts, frictions, and clashes, this collection explores their spatial nature, highlighting the stakes of (re)definitions of space. It examines how efforts, such as defining and mapping spaces, lead to geographical, social, political, and aesthetic definitions.

Defoe and the Dutch

Places, Things, People

By: Margaret J-M Sönmez

£57.99

This first book to examine the presence of references to, and influences of, the Dutch in Defoe’s novels investigates the perceptions of English readers of fiction of the Dutch, in an era during which two Anglo-Dutch wars were fought and a Dutch king took over the English throne.

Dennis Brutus’ Poetics of Revolt

By: Eunice Ngongkum

£58.99

Ngongkum’s innovative reading of Dennis Brutus’ poetry underlines its concern for suffering humanity in the apartheid context and beyond. She brings to the fore the different motifs, strategies and artistry with which Brutus succeeds in initiating revolt through art.

Depictions of Pestilence in Literature, Media, and Art

Edited By: Kübra Baysal

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This volume explores depictions of contagious diseases in literature, media, and art throughout history. From a post-human and environmental perspective, these narratives of 'plague literature' hold a crucial position in guiding humanity towards a greater ecological awareness.

This volume explores depictions of contagious diseases in literature, media, and art throughout history. From a post-human and environmental perspective, these narratives of ‘plague literature’ hold a crucial position in guiding humanity towards a greater ecological awareness.

Desire for Love

The Secret Longings of the Human Heart in D. H. Lawrence’s Works

By: Marina Ragachewskaya

£39.99

This collection of essays uses a psychoanalytic approach to explore the secret longings of the human heart in D. H. Lawrence’s works. It analyses the desire for love and unconscious feelings, comparing Lawrence to Virginia Woolf and Pat Barker.

Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte

His Life and Times

By: Michael Duke

£39.99

Bony was a “blacktracker” who became a police inspector and worked throughout Australia. For the first time, learn of the real Bony and the Aboriginal background to his cases. This biography displays the real spirit of Australia!

Developments in German Industrial Relations

Edited By: Gerd Grözinger, Wenzel Matiaske

£47.99

This book reviews twenty years of research in German industrial relations. It analyzes changes in the German model and its major institutions, namely trade unions and co-determination, and discusses contributions from disciplines like HRM, economics, and labour law.

Dialogic Openness in Nikos Kazantzakis

By: Charitini Christodoulou

£44.99

Charitini Christodoulou argues that a "dialogic openness" permeates Nikos Kazantzakis’ The Last Temptation. Antithetical forces clash in unresolved tension, revealing that subjectivity and identity are always in the process of becoming.

Charitini Christodoulou argues that a “dialogic openness” permeates Nikos Kazantzakis’ The Last Temptation. Antithetical forces clash in unresolved tension, revealing that subjectivity and identity are always in the process of becoming.

Dialogism or Interconnectedness in the Work of Louise Erdrich

By: Marta J. Lysik

£58.99

This study investigates Louise Erdrich’s unique literary style. In an interconnected series of novels, protagonists return and events re-surface. Her writing resists closure, focusing on shared human experiences that make her an internationally acclaimed author.

Diaspora Poetics in South Asian English Writings

Edited By: Eeshan Ali, Md. Rakibul Islam

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This volume brings together various discussions on various South Asian Diaspora writers of diverse sociopolitical backgrounds. It provides perspectives drawn from border studies, philosophical studies, and regional issues of South Asia.

Diaspora, Literature, and Writing of Afghan Lives in Iran

By: Vida Rahiminezhad, Faeze Mohammadianroshan

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For three generations, Afghans have migrated across the world. This book defines the concept of diaspora, considering key ideas like “belonging” and “return.” It focuses on the Afghan diaspora, particularly in Iran, and offers short accounts of their lives.

Diasporic Identities and Empire

Cultural Contentions and Literary Landscapes

Edited By: David Brooks, Anastasia Louridas

£44.99

This volume explores diasporic identities and empire on a global scale. By moving beyond the search for an imperial ‘centre,’ contributions from scholars across four continents show how writing from the peripheries develops a new worldview.

Diasporic Identities within Afro-Hispanic and African Contexts

Edited By: Yaw Agawu-Kakraba, Komla F. Aggor

£41.99

This volume explores identity formation in Afro-Hispanic and African contexts, re-contextualizing diaspora beyond debates of voluntary migration versus traumatic exile. Essays cover countries like Cuba, Spain, and Angola, and themes from religion to politics.

Diasporic Literature and Theory – Where Now?

Edited By: Mark Shackleton

£34.99

The articles in this volume vitalize diaspora studies, challenging how we understand 'culture' beyond the nation-state. They examine recent literature, film, and art, interrogating seminal thinkers and offering alternative perspectives on diaspora theory.

The articles in this volume vitalize diaspora studies, challenging how we understand ‘culture’ beyond the nation-state. They examine recent literature, film, and art, interrogating seminal thinkers and offering alternative perspectives on diaspora theory.

Dicite, Pierides

Classical Studies in Honour of Stratis Kyriakidis

Edited By: Andreas N. Michalopoulos, Andrew Zissos

£67.99

From Homeric epic to Virgil's Aeneid and the epigrams of Geminus, these sixteen essays offer fresh, thoughtful readings of classical literature.

From Homeric epic to Virgil’s Aeneid and the epigrams of Geminus, these sixteen essays offer fresh, thoughtful readings of classical literature.

Dickens and Italy

Little Dorrit and Pictures from Italy

Edited By: Marialuisa Bignami, Michael Hollington

£39.99

Dickens's relationship with America has been amply studied, his no less important relationship to Italy much less so. His stay there represented ‘the turning-point of his career.’ This book focuses on his major Italian writings, Pictures from Italy and Little Dorrit.

Dickens’s relationship with America has been amply studied, his no less important relationship to Italy much less so. His stay there represented ‘the turning-point of his career.’ This book focuses on his major Italian writings, Pictures from Italy and Little Dorrit.

Dining Room Detectives

Analysing Food in the Novels of Agatha Christie

By: Silvia Baucekova

£47.99

This book analyzes the twofold role food plays in Agatha Christie’s novels: its function as a literary device and as a cultural sign. Christie used food to portray characters, construct plots, and fundamentally alter the rigid genre conventions.

Dino Buzzati and Anglo-American Culture

The Re-use of Visual and Narrative Texts in his Fantastic Fiction

By: Valentina Polcini

£44.99

This book investigates Dino Buzzati’s relationship with Anglo-American culture, showing that he was an original reworker of literary motifs. It offers new insights into his fiction’s playful side and reassesses him as a master of fantastic literature.

Disability in Spanish-speaking and U.S. Chicano Contexts

Critical and Artistic Perspectives

Edited By: Dawn Slack

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Covering the period from the seventeenth century to the contemporary era, diverse geographic areas, and multiple artistic genres, this eclectic collection of academic essays, creative writing, and mixed media photo-images focuses on myriad representations of disability.

Discourses of Space

Edited By: Judit Pieldner

£49.99

This volume explores space as a construct of human activity. Essays cover topics from literature and film to cultural memory and cyberspace, outlining the shifts concerning existence and identity in continuously changing, transitory, in-between spaces.