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Englishness and Post-imperial Space
The Poetry of Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes
Milton Sarkar investigates the English mind-set immediately after British withdrawal from the colonies, and examines how the loss of power and global prestige affected the poetry of Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes, who returned to archetypal English customs and conventions.
Milton Sarkar investigates the English mind-set immediately after British withdrawal from the colonies, and examines how the loss of power and global prestige affected the poetry of Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes, who returned to archetypal English customs and conventions.
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These essays explore Claire Messud’s fiction and its complex narration of cosmopolitan entanglements. Foci include emigrant identities, 1960s Pop Art, and 9/11 trauma. This collection also provides an interview with the author.
These essays explore Claire Messud’s fiction and its complex narration of cosmopolitan entanglements. Foci include emigrant identities, 1960s Pop Art, and 9/11 trauma. This collection also provides an interview with the author.
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This collection of essays analyzes environmental and ecocritical themes in science fiction and fantasy. It investigates how these genres address today’s ecological crises and the detrimental effects of environmental destruction, while also considering solutions.
This collection of essays analyzes environmental and ecocritical themes in science fiction and fantasy. It investigates how these genres address today’s ecological crises and the detrimental effects of environmental destruction, while also considering solutions.
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Equestrian Rebels
Critical Perspectives on Mariano Azuela and the Novel of the Mexican Revolution
This collection of essays commemorates the first centenary of Mariano Azuela’s Los de abajo, and traces its impact on twentieth-century autobiographies, memoirs and, more specifically, on the Novel of the Mexican Revolution.
This collection of essays commemorates the first centenary of Mariano Azuela’s Los de abajo, and traces its impact on twentieth-century autobiographies, memoirs and, more specifically, on the Novel of the Mexican Revolution.
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Equine Fictions
Human–Horse Relationships in Twenty-First-Century Writing
This innovative volume explores the powerful human-horse bond in 21st-century fiction and autobiography from the perspectives of affect and politics. It analyzes how narratives of healing, mourning, and identity are shaped by gender and nation in contemporary writing.
This innovative volume explores the powerful human-horse bond in 21st-century fiction and autobiography from the perspectives of affect and politics. It analyzes how narratives of healing, mourning, and identity are shaped by gender and nation in contemporary writing.
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Discover the surprising pairing of two literary masters. This book analyzes the complementary oeuvres of Milton and Camus, presenting their ingenious artistry and proving their contemporary relevance, giving readers a new lens through which to view their works.
Discover the surprising pairing of two literary masters. This book analyzes the complementary oeuvres of Milton and Camus, presenting their ingenious artistry and proving their contemporary relevance, giving readers a new lens through which to view their works.
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Essays in Defence of the Female Sex
Custom, Education and Authority in Seventeenth-Century England
This volume explores the pivotal figures and contradictions of the *querelle des femmes* in Stuart England. Through an analysis of early feminist pamphlets, it sheds light on women’s difficult path towards emancipation and a new kind of thought.
This volume explores the pivotal figures and contradictions of the *querelle des femmes* in Stuart England. Through an analysis of early feminist pamphlets, it sheds light on women’s difficult path towards emancipation and a new kind of thought.
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Essays in Narrative and Fictionality
Reassessing Nine Central Concepts
By one of postclassical narrative theory's preeminent figures, this book reexamines foundational topics from the role of the author to the nature of fiction. It argues for a more expansive conception of narrative theory, making crucial interventions in ongoing critical debates.
By one of postclassical narrative theory’s preeminent figures, this book reexamines foundational topics from the role of the author to the nature of fiction. It argues for a more expansive conception of narrative theory, making crucial interventions in ongoing critical debates.
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Essays on Byron in Honour of Dr Peter Cochran
Breaking the Mould
Byron wrote that he was “born for opposition“. This collection takes Byron at his word and considers ways in which he challenged received opinion in his lifetime. It also challenges commonplace attitudes in criticism of the writer today.
Byron wrote that he was “born for opposition“. This collection takes Byron at his word and considers ways in which he challenged received opinion in his lifetime. It also challenges commonplace attitudes in criticism of the writer today.
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Abiteboul brings together a group of essays on 27 English or American writers contributing to the history of English and American literature, and offers a concise survey of the question of literary understanding.
Abiteboul brings together a group of essays on 27 English or American writers contributing to the history of English and American literature, and offers a concise survey of the question of literary understanding.
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Uncovering Machiavelli's sources, from Livy to Boccaccio, these essays trace surprising connections to Shakespeare and Mantegna, revealing how and why Christian authors drew on the pre-Christian world.
Uncovering Machiavelli’s sources, from Livy to Boccaccio, these essays trace surprising connections to Shakespeare and Mantegna, revealing how and why Christian authors drew on the pre-Christian world.
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Mazaheri’s essays explore the relationship between religion and literature in George Eliot’s early fiction, with a particular focus on Scenes of Clerical Life, Adam Bede, and The Mill on the Floss.
Mazaheri’s essays explore the relationship between religion and literature in George Eliot’s early fiction, with a particular focus on Scenes of Clerical Life, Adam Bede, and The Mill on the Floss.
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Essays on Shakespeare
Texts and Contexts
Dahiya highlights new aspects of several of Shakespeare’s plays, such as the role of women and the lower classes in the Roman tragedies. She also emphasizes the role of the early Shakespeare teachers at the first Indian College of Western Education.
Dahiya highlights new aspects of several of Shakespeare’s plays, such as the role of women and the lower classes in the Roman tragedies. She also emphasizes the role of the early Shakespeare teachers at the first Indian College of Western Education.
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Essays on Unfamiliar Travel-Writing
Off the Beaten Track
Butler presents essays on travel-narratives, including writing by people who travelled from the East to the West, as well as those going the usual way. He gives, in an informal style, discussions about identity, otherness and stereotyping as they are displayed in the narratives.
Butler presents essays on travel-narratives, including writing by people who travelled from the East to the West, as well as those going the usual way. He gives, in an informal style, discussions about identity, otherness and stereotyping as they are displayed in the narratives.
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Esther Tusquets
Scholarly Correspondences
This volume reviews the life and work of Spanish writer Esther Tusquets (1936–2012). The essays contained offer new readings of the author’s canonical fiction and delve into the largely unexplored terrain of her non-fiction.
This volume reviews the life and work of Spanish writer Esther Tusquets (1936–2012). The essays contained offer new readings of the author’s canonical fiction and delve into the largely unexplored terrain of her non-fiction.
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This collection of nineteen works from 1996 to 2022 introduces pragmapoetics, an innovative approach to literature. A philosophy of poetic utterances, it unites linguistics with the philosophy of language and mind, considering the poetic function a profound feature of life.
This collection of nineteen works from 1996 to 2022 introduces pragmapoetics, an innovative approach to literature. A philosophy of poetic utterances, it unites linguistics with the philosophy of language and mind, considering the poetic function a profound feature of life.
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Ethical Aestheticism in the Early Works of Henry James
The Shadow of John Ruskin
This study reveals parallels between the aestheticism of Henry James and John Ruskin. Rather than placing James in a single category, it demonstrates how he interfused Romanticism and realism, drawing on German thought and French realism to establish his own aestheticism.
This study reveals parallels between the aestheticism of Henry James and John Ruskin. Rather than placing James in a single category, it demonstrates how he interfused Romanticism and realism, drawing on German thought and French realism to establish his own aestheticism.
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Ethics and Poetics
Ethical Recognitions and Social Reconfigurations in Modern Narratives
This book explores the ethics of fiction, showing how literariness itself generates ethical communication. Authors investigate how modern narratives refine our understanding of recognition, disclosing how the reading experience can regenerate real social spaces.
This book explores the ethics of fiction, showing how literariness itself generates ethical communication. Authors investigate how modern narratives refine our understanding of recognition, disclosing how the reading experience can regenerate real social spaces.
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This volume explores Robert Louis Stevenson’s connection to Europe, revealing how French culture shaped his achievements. It explains his influence on writers like Proust and Calvino and why he remained an admired model for Europeans.
This volume explores Robert Louis Stevenson’s connection to Europe, revealing how French culture shaped his achievements. It explains his influence on writers like Proust and Calvino and why he remained an admired model for Europeans.
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Eva Figes’ Writings
A Journey through Trauma
Offering an overview of the life and literary career of the prolific writer Eva Figes, this book places her extensive production within the various literary movements that shaped the previous century, using the theoretical background provided by ethics and trauma studies.
Offering an overview of the life and literary career of the prolific writer Eva Figes, this book places her extensive production within the various literary movements that shaped the previous century, using the theoretical background provided by ethics and trauma studies.
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