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Love, Sorrow and Joy
A New Voice in Irish Avant-Garde Poetry
The poetic and philosophic insights in this book are new and fresh. Like the mystical writers of old, Gillespie explores doubt, hope, and the search for true self-identity, generating a new and profound experience.
The poetic and philosophic insights in this book are new and fresh. Like the mystical writers of old, Gillespie explores doubt, hope, and the search for true self-identity, generating a new and profound experience.
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Lovely Violence
Chrétien de Troyes’ Critical Romances
In Lovely Violence, Jørgen Bruhn rereads Chrétien de Troyes’ chivalric novels through contemporary concerns of gender and violence. The medieval characters are both shockingly strange and reassuringly recognisable. The Middle Ages may not be so unmodern after all.
In Lovely Violence, Jørgen Bruhn rereads Chrétien de Troyes’ chivalric novels through contemporary concerns of gender and violence. The medieval characters are both shockingly strange and reassuringly recognisable. The Middle Ages may not be so unmodern after all.
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This book reveals Shakespeare as an early modern materialist inspired by Lucretius. In chapters on six important plays, it demonstrates how he writes an “atomic” poetry of joining and splitting language to explore the art of nature and the nature of art.
This book reveals Shakespeare as an early modern materialist inspired by Lucretius. In chapters on six important plays, it demonstrates how he writes an “atomic” poetry of joining and splitting language to explore the art of nature and the nature of art.
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This book analyzes madness in masterpieces of 19th and 20th-century Spanish literature. It explores how conceptions of madness intersect with love, religion, and politics in works by writers like Galdós, Unamuno, Pardo Bazán, and others.
This book analyzes madness in masterpieces of 19th and 20th-century Spanish literature. It explores how conceptions of madness intersect with love, religion, and politics in works by writers like Galdós, Unamuno, Pardo Bazán, and others.
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Magnificent Obsessions
Honouring the Lives of Hazel Rowley
This volume is a tribute to the life and work of biographer Hazel Rowley. This collection of essays and creative writing responds to her many interests: biography, politics, questions of race and sexuality, and the lives of couples.
This volume is a tribute to the life and work of biographer Hazel Rowley. This collection of essays and creative writing responds to her many interests: biography, politics, questions of race and sexuality, and the lives of couples.
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Making History Happen
Caribbean Poetry in America
This book examines how transnational women poets of the black diaspora, including Lorna Goodison and Claudia Rankine, use mobility and memory to create renewed identities and a sense of belonging, calling attention to an urgent new body of writing.
This book examines how transnational women poets of the black diaspora, including Lorna Goodison and Claudia Rankine, use mobility and memory to create renewed identities and a sense of belonging, calling attention to an urgent new body of writing.
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Making the Stage
Essays on the Changing Concept of Theatre, Drama, and Performance
In an increasingly technological and isolated culture, theatre seems a primitive art form. Yet these essays reveal that theatre not only survives but defines the vital political discussions prohibited by a manipulated media.
In an increasingly technological and isolated culture, theatre seems a primitive art form. Yet these essays reveal that theatre not only survives but defines the vital political discussions prohibited by a manipulated media.
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Making Up
Research in Creative Writing
Research in creative writing is not only about the works it produces, but the explorations a creative writer undertakes. Through creative writing, a writer can explore ideas, concepts, and states of mind. This collection shows what this growing field does and more.
Research in creative writing is not only about the works it produces, but the explorations a creative writer undertakes. Through creative writing, a writer can explore ideas, concepts, and states of mind. This collection shows what this growing field does and more.
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Malady and Mortality
Illness, Disease and Death in Literary and Visual Culture
This study examines visual and literary responses to, and representations of, illness, dying and death from the perspective of the chronically ill, their families and carers, medics, artists, photographers, authors, and academics.
This study examines visual and literary responses to, and representations of, illness, dying and death from the perspective of the chronically ill, their families and carers, medics, artists, photographers, authors, and academics.
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Malaysian Literature in English
A Critical Companion
This collection of essays by acclaimed international critics investigates major writers of Malaysian literature in English. It explores key thematic trends—including gender, ethnicity, and nationalism—and the unique challenges of writing in a postcolonial nation.
This collection of essays by acclaimed international critics investigates major writers of Malaysian literature in English. It explores key thematic trends—including gender, ethnicity, and nationalism—and the unique challenges of writing in a postcolonial nation.
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Man Up
A Study of Gendered Expectations of Masculinities at the Fin de Siècle
The rise of the New Woman during the fin de siècle created a crisis for traditional Victorian masculinity. This book examines how male authors like Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker explored the upheaval of gender roles, asking what it meant to be a man in a rapidly changing world.
The rise of the New Woman during the fin de siècle created a crisis for traditional Victorian masculinity. This book examines how male authors like Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker explored the upheaval of gender roles, asking what it meant to be a man in a rapidly changing world.
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Managing The Manager
Critical Essays on Richard Berengarten’s Book-length Poem
Nine internationally-known critics explore Richard Berengarten's seminal poem, The Manager. This collection of original essays serves as an introduction to a figure who is arguably one of the most significant poets writing in English today.
Nine internationally-known critics explore Richard Berengarten’s seminal poem, The Manager. This collection of original essays serves as an introduction to a figure who is arguably one of the most significant poets writing in English today.
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Manfred
An Edition of Byron’s Manuscripts and a Collection of Essays
Byron’s famous play Manfred established him as a bold genius. This new text is created from primary manuscripts, so it can be read as it left Byron’s pen. It includes a decoded note on his demonology and essays on the play’s sources and staging.
Byron’s famous play Manfred established him as a bold genius. This new text is created from primary manuscripts, so it can be read as it left Byron’s pen. It includes a decoded note on his demonology and essays on the play’s sources and staging.
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Manikin Plays
Two Contemporary Plays
Two plays reflecting on contemporary Indian society. Stone Idols deconstructs the Buddha myth to explore identity. The Beauty Parlour shows a woman victimized by the male gaze. The collection addresses sexuality and gender with innovative style and insight.
Two plays reflecting on contemporary Indian society. Stone Idols deconstructs the Buddha myth to explore identity. The Beauty Parlour shows a woman victimized by the male gaze. The collection addresses sexuality and gender with innovative style and insight.
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Mapping Cultural Identities and Intersections
Imagological Readings
This book applies imagology to film, art, and narratives to explore identity construction. Through interdisciplinary approaches, it examines cultural and ethnic identities—the self and the other—with a focus on literary works as they are translated from one culture to another.
This book applies imagology to film, art, and narratives to explore identity construction. Through interdisciplinary approaches, it examines cultural and ethnic identities—the self and the other—with a focus on literary works as they are translated from one culture to another.
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This volume discusses the critical views of Polish and Russian women writers from the 19th to 21st centuries. The articles explore constructions of femininity, trauma, body, and sexuality, tracing the parallels and differences in their work.
This volume discusses the critical views of Polish and Russian women writers from the 19th to 21st centuries. The articles explore constructions of femininity, trauma, body, and sexuality, tracing the parallels and differences in their work.
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This accessible guide explores literary theory through Marina Warner’s fiction, covering pressing issues like colonialism, displacement, and women's oppression. Blending close textual analysis with jargon-free overviews, it is ideal for students, researchers, and teachers.
This accessible guide explores literary theory through Marina Warner’s fiction, covering pressing issues like colonialism, displacement, and women’s oppression. Blending close textual analysis with jargon-free overviews, it is ideal for students, researchers, and teachers.
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Mapping out the Rushdie Republic
Some Recent Surveys
This collection differs from existing studies on the work of Salman Rushdie by dint of its seriousness of intent and profundity of content. Every major writing of the writer is paid due attention as separate articles are devoted to every aspect of his literary persona.
This collection differs from existing studies on the work of Salman Rushdie by dint of its seriousness of intent and profundity of content. Every major writing of the writer is paid due attention as separate articles are devoted to every aspect of his literary persona.
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Mapping the Postcolonial Domestic in the Works of Vargas Llosa and Mukundan
Tales of the Threshold
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.
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.
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Margaret Atwood and Social Justice
A Writer's Evolving Ideology
Margaret Atwood is a writer, not an ideologue. This book traces the evolution of her social justice concerns through her major fiction—from women's rights and environmentalism to critiques of corporate oppression, right-wing governments, and racial injustice.
Margaret Atwood is a writer, not an ideologue. This book traces the evolution of her social justice concerns through her major fiction—from women’s rights and environmentalism to critiques of corporate oppression, right-wing governments, and racial injustice.
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