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Literature against Paralysis in Joyce and His Counterparts
The Other Dubliners
Dublin has inspired many literary masters, including James Joyce. This collection of essays on Irish writers analyses how their literature disrupts paralysis and entropy, making sense of our human “chaosmos” by juxtaposing local and universal concerns.
Dublin has inspired many literary masters, including James Joyce. This collection of essays on Irish writers analyses how their literature disrupts paralysis and entropy, making sense of our human “chaosmos” by juxtaposing local and universal concerns.
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This book explores W. B. Yeats’s mystical experience and how it is exemplified in his poetry. It covers his engagement with the occult, Celtic mysticism, and Rosicrucianism, and discusses his automatic writing experience with his wife and his apocalyptic vision.
This book explores W. B. Yeats’s mystical experience and how it is exemplified in his poetry. It covers his engagement with the occult, Celtic mysticism, and Rosicrucianism, and discusses his automatic writing experience with his wife and his apocalyptic vision.
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The Racialization of the Occult in Nineteenth Century British Literature
Dark Magic from 1850-1900
In nineteenth-century Britain, the occult was both a source of support and a threat to society. This book examines novels from 1850-1900 to trace how the representation of occult practitioners participated in and contributed to the racialization of the occult.
In nineteenth-century Britain, the occult was both a source of support and a threat to society. This book examines novels from 1850-1900 to trace how the representation of occult practitioners participated in and contributed to the racialization of the occult.
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This book reveals overlooked keys to Jane Austen’s work: the link between ill-assorted married couples, heredity, and inheritance laws. Her heroines are keen observers of the resulting social ills, and their personal developments mirror the momentous changes in their world.
This book reveals overlooked keys to Jane Austen’s work: the link between ill-assorted married couples, heredity, and inheritance laws. Her heroines are keen observers of the resulting social ills, and their personal developments mirror the momentous changes in their world.
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Literature and the Japanese War of Aggression against China
Investigations and Criticisms
This book defines “Invasion Literature,” revealing the pivotal role of Japanese writing in the war against China. It traces the genre’s origins, key authors, and post-war legacy, giving vital attention to powerful but long-neglected literary works.
This book defines “Invasion Literature,” revealing the pivotal role of Japanese writing in the war against China. It traces the genre’s origins, key authors, and post-war legacy, giving vital attention to powerful but long-neglected literary works.
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100 Years of the American Dream
Representations and Conceptions in American Literature, 1919-2019
This collection offers examinations of the American Dream across a diverse range of works. Each chapter’s innovative insights transcend literary critique to touch upon issues of economics, education, gender, immigration, psychology, race, and religion.
This collection offers examinations of the American Dream across a diverse range of works. Each chapter’s innovative insights transcend literary critique to touch upon issues of economics, education, gender, immigration, psychology, race, and religion.
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This book offers a theoretical and practical treatment of World and Comparative Literature from the perspective of “peripheral” cultures. It aims to transcend the monologues of cultural “centres,” advocating for creative dialogues and a mutually enriching symbiotic relationship.
This book offers a theoretical and practical treatment of World and Comparative Literature from the perspective of “peripheral” cultures. It aims to transcend the monologues of cultural “centres,” advocating for creative dialogues and a mutually enriching symbiotic relationship.
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Critical Engagements on African Literature
An Offering to Professor Isidore Diala
This is the first book devoted to Isidore Diala’s award-winning drama and poetry. The essays offer fresh insights on African literary landscapes, exploring themes of national history, ritual aesthetics, postcolonial implosions, oil politics, exile, and gender.
This is the first book devoted to Isidore Diala’s award-winning drama and poetry. The essays offer fresh insights on African literary landscapes, exploring themes of national history, ritual aesthetics, postcolonial implosions, oil politics, exile, and gender.
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Bombay Novels
Some Insights in Spatial Criticism
Walk the streets of Mumbai through the eyes of literary wanderers. Analyzing four novels, this book reveals how the act of flânerie uncovers hidden histories and exposes power relations, offering a transgressive, alternative vision of the city and its people.
Walk the streets of Mumbai through the eyes of literary wanderers. Analyzing four novels, this book reveals how the act of flânerie uncovers hidden histories and exposes power relations, offering a transgressive, alternative vision of the city and its people.
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This book explores the relationship between Ruskin and Turner through their mutual fascination with water, focusing on The Harbours of England. It reveals how water became a multifaceted symbol of tradition, progress, and nationalism in the nineteenth century.
This book explores the relationship between Ruskin and Turner through their mutual fascination with water, focusing on The Harbours of England. It reveals how water became a multifaceted symbol of tradition, progress, and nationalism in the nineteenth century.
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This panoramic view of the Shi‘ite presence in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula examines the seminal role of Shi‘ite Imams, dynasties, revolts, and scholars. By re-examining the religious and political history of the region, this work makes a revolutionary contribution.
This panoramic view of the Shi‘ite presence in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula examines the seminal role of Shi‘ite Imams, dynasties, revolts, and scholars. By re-examining the religious and political history of the region, this work makes a revolutionary contribution.
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This book discusses intellectual militancy and activism in Festus Iyayi’s literary works. It shows how this activism impacts marginalized individuals who struggle for social justice, and will appeal to those interested in human rights, power dynamics, and state violence.
This book discusses intellectual militancy and activism in Festus Iyayi’s literary works. It shows how this activism impacts marginalized individuals who struggle for social justice, and will appeal to those interested in human rights, power dynamics, and state violence.
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This book explores the psychological, social, and cultural significance of Westerns. While the stories may have simple plots, their cultural importance is a very complicated matter. Discover the psychological and social pleasures and benefits that explain why people read them.
This book explores the psychological, social, and cultural significance of Westerns. While the stories may have simple plots, their cultural importance is a very complicated matter. Discover the psychological and social pleasures and benefits that explain why people read them.
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This collection of essays on Ngugi wa Thiong’o, one of the most important postcolonial writers, offers fresh insights into his artistic oeuvre. The volume animates Ngugi’s politics, poetics, and commitment to decolonisation, covering his novels, plays, and scholarly works.
This collection of essays on Ngugi wa Thiong’o, one of the most important postcolonial writers, offers fresh insights into his artistic oeuvre. The volume animates Ngugi’s politics, poetics, and commitment to decolonisation, covering his novels, plays, and scholarly works.
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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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With no scan or blood test for migraine, diagnosis relies entirely on language. This book explores the vital relation between words and pain, considering how persons with migraine make their experience ‘readable’ and how fictional texts ‘perform’ migraine.
With no scan or blood test for migraine, diagnosis relies entirely on language. This book explores the vital relation between words and pain, considering how persons with migraine make their experience ‘readable’ and how fictional texts ‘perform’ migraine.
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For some Afrofuturists, going beyond the human is a response to the long struggle for equality. While the term is new, this book argues the ideas are not, tracing roots back over a hundred years and comparing proto-Afrofuturist authors with writer Octavia Butler.
For some Afrofuturists, going beyond the human is a response to the long struggle for equality. While the term is new, this book argues the ideas are not, tracing roots back over a hundred years and comparing proto-Afrofuturist authors with writer Octavia Butler.
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Using Kristevan theory, this book studies female characters from novels as “subjects in process” overcoming psychological maladies. It traces how female subjectivity has changed throughout the Feminist Waves, from the Victorian period to the Third Wave.
Using Kristevan theory, this book studies female characters from novels as “subjects in process” overcoming psychological maladies. It traces how female subjectivity has changed throughout the Feminist Waves, from the Victorian period to the Third Wave.
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David Malouf’s Partnership Narratives
The Light that Fills the World
This profound and poetic analysis of eminent Australian writer David Malouf’s work invites the reader into his lyrical exploration of life. A groundbreaking study, it highlights his essential contribution to Australian and world literatures.
This profound and poetic analysis of eminent Australian writer David Malouf’s work invites the reader into his lyrical exploration of life. A groundbreaking study, it highlights his essential contribution to Australian and world literatures.
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This book explores the relationship between humanity and nature in classic eco-science fiction. It challenges the idea that human-centeredness is the sole cause of environmental catastrophe, examining the factors that lead to disaster and the solutions the novels may offer.
This book explores the relationship between humanity and nature in classic eco-science fiction. It challenges the idea that human-centeredness is the sole cause of environmental catastrophe, examining the factors that lead to disaster and the solutions the novels may offer.
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