Mapping the Postcolonial Domestic in the Works of Vargas Llosa and Mukundan
A pioneering analysis of postcolonialism through the lens of the domestic. This study challenges the limits of Western theory, forging new methods to understand the ‘inner’ realm of colonial experience and its overlooked histories.
This volume explores the confluences between post-modernism and post-colonialism. It examines their shared challenge to Eurocentric master narratives, sheds light on the East-West relation, and questions Western modes of representation in literary and cultural works.
A narrative and photographic journey of the 18 hotels and apartments where James Joyce lived in 1920s-30s Paris. Arriving to finish Ulysses, he stayed for 20 years. This guide provides new insights into his life, based on the changing locations of his residences.
Theoretically Speaking about Literature
This book offers a practical insight into critical interpretation. By discussing a single text from the perspective of eighteen distinct theories, it makes complex ideas accessible and gives readers a comprehensible guide to the beliefs that underpin criticism.
This book surveys Chinese ancient currency through the ages, exploring the history of currency exchange between China and other countries like ancient Greece and Rome. It considers the influence of Chinese currency on Asia and its interaction with European and American coins.
A foremost expert presents original essays on Lawrence Durrell, author of *The Alexandria Quartet*. This volume explores his private notebooks, early literary connections with Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin, and new insights into his mental states, politics, and sexual orientation.
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.
Traditional criticism is inadequate for modernist poetry. This book offers a new methodology, showing how these poems are built around deep-level propositions. By comparing images, readers can reconstruct meaning and uncover signifying mechanisms that may well be universal.
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.
This volume gathers evaluations of the soul from artistic, mystic, and theological perspectives. Explore the concept of the soul in its ethical and emotional dimensions across global cultures, from Christian and Oriental traditions to those of Ancient Egypt.
This critical study of Hughes’s poetry from 1957 to 1989 explores how his fascination with violence developed into a vision of cosmic energy. It charts his transition from a poet of ‘blood and guts’ into a messiah of ‘bio-centric life’.
This volume explores rewritings of the Robinson Crusoe desert island myth. It offers a unique historical scope, ranging from medieval precursors to modern cinematic adaptations, and analyzes the genre through themes of colonialism, environmentalism, and industrial progress.
This book focuses on Maurice Chapelan’s poetry and aphorisms. His poems encompass the essence of the man, his heart and soul, whereas his aphorisms express his philosophy. A master of the prose poem, Chapelan was a moralist and a fine practitioner of l’humour noir.
This book draws parallels between different cultures. It explores how culture plays an important role in the development of personality, examines how behavior has a positive and negative effect, and interrogates how literature portrays the reality of a culture.
Alexandre Dumas as a French Symbol since 1870
The mixed-race author of *The Three Musketeers*, Alexandre Dumas has long been a controversial symbol in France. This collection explores how his legacy became a battleground for a nation grappling with its colonial past, diversity, and its own identity.
Psychological Realism in 19th Century Fiction
This study applies psychoanalytic theories to nineteenth-century fiction like Anna Karenina and Jane Eyre, illuminating the psyches of their characters. It brings forth a novel view of criticism, arguing that an approach dismissive of the psychological aspect is incomplete.
Swiftian Inspirations
This book analyzes the legacy of Swiftian satire from the Enlightenment to the age of post-truth and Brexit. It explores truth, madness, film adaptations of Gulliver’s Travels, and the politics of language to reveal Swift’s enduring relevance for today’s world.
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 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.
The Spectre of Defeat in Post-War British and US Literature
History is written by the victors. But what if they perceive themselves as defeated? This collection examines how a sense of defeat undermines the certainties of victory, exploring UK and US fiction since WWI to offer an account of the victorious-yet-somehow-defeated.