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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.
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.
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In Argentina, Chile, and Spain, playwrights addressed the national traumas of dictatorship by creating “posttraumatic theater.” This book argues these plays represent national crises by taking on stylistic features that mimic the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.
In Argentina, Chile, and Spain, playwrights addressed the national traumas of dictatorship by creating “posttraumatic theater.” This book argues these plays represent national crises by taking on stylistic features that mimic the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.
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Power and Propaganda in French Second Empire Theatre
Playing Napoleon
In Second Empire France, authorities used the stage for propaganda. This book explores how Napoléon-themed dramas, intended for a working-class audience, were censored to strengthen the regime, shaping collective memory and myths of national identity.
In Second Empire France, authorities used the stage for propaganda. This book explores how Napoléon-themed dramas, intended for a working-class audience, were censored to strengthen the regime, shaping collective memory and myths of national identity.
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Dumitrașcu explores the intricate manifestations of contemporary power and the “resistance” and reaction to the dominant discourse in Jonathan Coe’s political fiction, covering the dismantling of the British social-democratic consensus, up to the new ideology of “Globalism.”
Dumitrașcu explores the intricate manifestations of contemporary power and the “resistance” and reaction to the dominant discourse in Jonathan Coe’s political fiction, covering the dismantling of the British social-democratic consensus, up to the new ideology of “Globalism.”
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This volume presents the state of the art of philosophical practice worldwide from the perspectives of leading philosophical practitioners, and demonstrates the breadth of philosophical practice and its various methodological directions..
This volume presents the state of the art of philosophical practice worldwide from the perspectives of leading philosophical practitioners, and demonstrates the breadth of philosophical practice and its various methodological directions..
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Precarity in Culture
Precarious Lives, Uncertain Futures
By inviting scholars from different disciplines to apply multiple critical lenses, this volume explores the different facets of our precarious world, providing insights into the challenges of our possible futures.
By inviting scholars from different disciplines to apply multiple critical lenses, this volume explores the different facets of our precarious world, providing insights into the challenges of our possible futures.
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What is Steampunk? It is a juxtaposition of science fiction, fantasy, and Victorian alternate history, drawing on the works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne. This publication is the culmination of presentations from the first academic conference on the genre.
What is Steampunk? It is a juxtaposition of science fiction, fantasy, and Victorian alternate history, drawing on the works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne. This publication is the culmination of presentations from the first academic conference on the genre.
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Following the advent of the printing press, Italian humanist Latin texts spread across Europe. This study is the first comprehensive account of their dissemination and impact on the Renaissance curriculum and the rising national literary traditions of the period.
Following the advent of the printing press, Italian humanist Latin texts spread across Europe. This study is the first comprehensive account of their dissemination and impact on the Renaissance curriculum and the rising national literary traditions of the period.
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Probing the Skin
Cultural Representations of Our Contact Zone
Across art, literature, and medicine, these essays read the skin—as a sensual surface, a racial marker, and a canvas for tattoos, scars, and memory.
Across art, literature, and medicine, these essays read the skin—as a sensual surface, a racial marker, and a canvas for tattoos, scars, and memory.
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Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
This compilation of essays is a major addition to Beauvoirian studies with up-to-date research. It offers a multifaceted overview on the “state of the art” of work on the life and works of de Beauvoir, 30 years after her demise.
This compilation of essays is a major addition to Beauvoirian studies with up-to-date research. It offers a multifaceted overview on the “state of the art” of work on the life and works of de Beauvoir, 30 years after her demise.
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This volume contains papers from a conference marking the 60th anniversary of Colin Wilson's famous book, The Outsider. Experts, scholars and fans gathered to present papers on topics ranging from Existentialism to the Occult and from H.P. Lovecraft to Jack the Ripper.
This volume contains papers from a conference marking the 60th anniversary of Colin Wilson’s famous book, The Outsider. Experts, scholars and fans gathered to present papers on topics ranging from Existentialism to the Occult and from H.P. Lovecraft to Jack the Ripper.
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Promised End
The Last Scene of King Lear
The whole meaning of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy depends on Lear’s last lines. Is his vision an epiphany or delusion? Is the play nihilistic or redemptive? This book deploys a wide spectrum of critical approaches to enlist readers in a quest for the answer.
The whole meaning of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy depends on Lear’s last lines. Is his vision an epiphany or delusion? Is the play nihilistic or redemptive? This book deploys a wide spectrum of critical approaches to enlist readers in a quest for the answer.
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Prospects and Impediments of Feminist Monolithism
Re-Reading Mid-Twentieth Century Women’s Poetry
This book reads poetry by British, American, and Sub-Saharan women to argue for feminist monolithism. It finds remarkable consistency in themes of resisting oppression across geographical divides, proposing this as a stable ground for unity without ignoring their differences.
This book reads poetry by British, American, and Sub-Saharan women to argue for feminist monolithism. It finds remarkable consistency in themes of resisting oppression across geographical divides, proposing this as a stable ground for unity without ignoring their differences.
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Protean Selves
First-Person Voices in Twenty-First-Century French and Francophone Narratives
What does it mean to write “I” in a world where technology and globalization have complicated notions of authenticity and selfhood? This collection of essays explores the intricate relations between language, self, and identity through the analysis of the first-person voice.
What does it mean to write “I” in a world where technology and globalization have complicated notions of authenticity and selfhood? This collection of essays explores the intricate relations between language, self, and identity through the analysis of the first-person voice.
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A refreshing new look at the Book of Psalms, this analysis of its postmodern poetry reveals its enduring relevance as a source of sustenance, comfort, and a practical handbook for life.
A refreshing new look at the Book of Psalms, this analysis of its postmodern poetry reveals its enduring relevance as a source of sustenance, comfort, and a practical handbook for life.
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Drawing on psychoanalysis, comparative literature, and cultural studies, the contributors examine how the circulation of psychoanalysis across time and place reflects and shapes literature, offering fresh insights into their shared literary history.
Drawing on psychoanalysis, comparative literature, and cultural studies, the contributors examine how the circulation of psychoanalysis across time and place reflects and shapes literature, offering fresh insights into their shared literary history.
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Psychological Realism in 19th Century Fiction
Studies in Turgenev, Tolstoy, Eliot and Brontë
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.
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.
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Urban planning isn't about consensus—it's about resolving conflict. This book challenges the myth of a single public interest, reframing planning as a field of resolvable disputes. Through case studies, it uncovers pathways for deeper, more meaningful public participation.
Urban planning isn’t about consensus—it’s about resolving conflict. This book challenges the myth of a single public interest, reframing planning as a field of resolvable disputes. Through case studies, it uncovers pathways for deeper, more meaningful public participation.
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As our culture increasingly communicates through images, public theology must engage with this field. The potency of images is an uncharted force compelling us to reassess our interpretation of religion and propelling theology towards a future yet to be discovered.
As our culture increasingly communicates through images, public theology must engage with this field. The potency of images is an uncharted force compelling us to reassess our interpretation of religion and propelling theology towards a future yet to be discovered.
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Quand la folie parle
The Dialectic Effect of Madness in French Literature since the Nineteenth Century
This study of madness in literature demonstrates that the non-sense of madness achieves a force of expression more powerful than logic. It presents madness as a contestatory, creative stance, while refusing to play down its isolating difficulties.
This study of madness in literature demonstrates that the non-sense of madness achieves a force of expression more powerful than logic. It presents madness as a contestatory, creative stance, while refusing to play down its isolating difficulties.
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