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Cultural Status, Genre and Critique
An incisive collection of essays exploring subversive texts, with readings of authors such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Neil Gaiman, and Philip Pullman, and filmmakers such as Terry Gilliam and Orson Welles.
An incisive collection of essays exploring subversive texts, with readings of authors such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Neil Gaiman, and Philip Pullman, and filmmakers such as Terry Gilliam and Orson Welles.
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P. Papinius Statius
Thebaid and Achilleid Volume III
Volume III on Statius' Thebaid and Achilleid is divided into two parts. The first discusses the textual transmission, manuscripts, and editions. The second part comprises a secondary apparatus with further evidence and all unrecorded conjectures.
Volume III on Statius’ Thebaid and Achilleid is divided into two parts. The first discusses the textual transmission, manuscripts, and editions. The second part comprises a secondary apparatus with further evidence and all unrecorded conjectures.
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Masquerade and Femininity
Essays on Russian and Polish Women Writers
These essays on Russian and Polish women writers explore femininity through the lens of masquerade. They scrutinize the gap between lived female experience and the culturally constructed masks women wear, combining East European literary and gender studies.
These essays on Russian and Polish women writers explore femininity through the lens of masquerade. They scrutinize the gap between lived female experience and the culturally constructed masks women wear, combining East European literary and gender studies.
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This book addresses the blurred lines between magic, religion, and science in Spanish literature and history. It explores the divide between white and black magic, Alfonso X’s court, and a window of quasi-tolerance amidst Muslims, Jews, and Christians.
This book addresses the blurred lines between magic, religion, and science in Spanish literature and history. It explores the divide between white and black magic, Alfonso X’s court, and a window of quasi-tolerance amidst Muslims, Jews, and Christians.
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Words into Pictures
E. E. Cummings’ Art Across Borders
This collection of new essays explores E. E. Cummings as both poet and artist. Bringing together the verbal and the visual, the volume examines under-researched fields of his unique, genre-crossing work.
This collection of new essays explores E. E. Cummings as both poet and artist. Bringing together the verbal and the visual, the volume examines under-researched fields of his unique, genre-crossing work.
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History, Politics, Identity
Reading Literature in a Changing World
This book highlights issues of culture and identity, focusing on how cultural encounters are changing the world and its reflection in literature. Emphasizing cultural pluralism and the necessity of coexistence, this collection will appeal to scholars and the general public.
This book highlights issues of culture and identity, focusing on how cultural encounters are changing the world and its reflection in literature. Emphasizing cultural pluralism and the necessity of coexistence, this collection will appeal to scholars and the general public.
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Before Windrush
Recovering an Asian and Black Literary Heritage within Britain
This anthology testifies to a British nation that has been multiracial for centuries. Through essays on Asian and Black writers living in Britain before the post-WWII wave of immigration, Before Windrush reveals a hidden literary history.
This anthology testifies to a British nation that has been multiracial for centuries. Through essays on Asian and Black writers living in Britain before the post-WWII wave of immigration, Before Windrush reveals a hidden literary history.
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Exploring Space
Trends in Literature, Linguistics and Translation
This collection of original essays on Literature, Linguistics, and Translation by Malaysian academics reflects state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary research. It provides textual and theoretical readings from a variety of traditional and modern perspectives.
This collection of original essays on Literature, Linguistics, and Translation by Malaysian academics reflects state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary research. It provides textual and theoretical readings from a variety of traditional and modern perspectives.
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Writing the Land
John Burroughs and his Legacy; Essays from the John Burroughs Nature Writing Conference
John Burroughs, America’s most beloved nature writer, explored his home landscape to examine the universal theme of our relation with nature. This collection of essays explores his legacy and what writing the land means from urban, suburban, and rural perspectives.
John Burroughs, America’s most beloved nature writer, explored his home landscape to examine the universal theme of our relation with nature. This collection of essays explores his legacy and what writing the land means from urban, suburban, and rural perspectives.
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The Female Voice in The Assembly of Ladies
Text and Context in Fifteenth-Century England
This book examines gender relations in The Assembly of Ladies, a rare fifteenth-century poem told from a woman’s point of view. It shows how social and literary conventions impact women in the production and consumption of literature.
This book examines gender relations in The Assembly of Ladies, a rare fifteenth-century poem told from a woman’s point of view. It shows how social and literary conventions impact women in the production and consumption of literature.
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Essays by leading authorities chart Byron's life and writings in London, revealing him as one of English poetry’s leading urban writers. Chapters explore the stage, boxing, and women writers, with many referencing his descriptions of the capital in Don Juan.
Essays by leading authorities chart Byron’s life and writings in London, revealing him as one of English poetry’s leading urban writers. Chapters explore the stage, boxing, and women writers, with many referencing his descriptions of the capital in Don Juan.
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Storm and Dissonance
L. M. Montgomery and Conflict
This collection of essays explores the darker side of L.M. Montgomery’s fiction and life writing. Her gentle landscapes and optimistic stories often contain undercurrents of anger, loss, and violence, providing new insights into her complex work.
This collection of essays explores the darker side of L.M. Montgomery’s fiction and life writing. Her gentle landscapes and optimistic stories often contain undercurrents of anger, loss, and violence, providing new insights into her complex work.
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Region, Nature, Frontiers
Proceedings from the 11th International Region and Nation Literature Association Conference
This collection of essays explores regional and national identities in literature from South Africa to the United States. Discussions include the American frontier, the relationship between non-fiction and place, and linguistic and postcolonial boundaries.
This collection of essays explores regional and national identities in literature from South Africa to the United States. Discussions include the American frontier, the relationship between non-fiction and place, and linguistic and postcolonial boundaries.
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Text, Body and Indeterminacy
Doppelgänger Selves in Pater and Wilde
This book forges a link between the philosophical self and the literary character. Using neo-pragmatist thought, it assesses Pater and Wilde’s characters, contrasting the textual self with the somatic to reveal the ethical gains of a self rooted in the body.
This book forges a link between the philosophical self and the literary character. Using neo-pragmatist thought, it assesses Pater and Wilde’s characters, contrasting the textual self with the somatic to reveal the ethical gains of a self rooted in the body.
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Word and Image in the Long Eighteenth Century
An Interdisciplinary Dialogue
This collection of essays explores the rich verbal-visual interaction in eighteenth-century Europe. Peaceful coexistence, mutual collaboration or striking collision—how do words and images interact? How do they reflect and communicate values, stereotypes and ideologies?
This collection of essays explores the rich verbal-visual interaction in eighteenth-century Europe. Peaceful coexistence, mutual collaboration or striking collision—how do words and images interact? How do they reflect and communicate values, stereotypes and ideologies?
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Orthodoxy, Modernity, and Authenticity
The Reception of Ernest Renan's "Life of Jesus" in Russia
This book explores the Russian reception of Ernest Renan’s *Life of Jesus*. Renan's work had lasting appeal because it presented an alternative to both a strictly materialist worldview and an Orthodox one, allowing readers to accept modernity while retaining religious feeling.
This book explores the Russian reception of Ernest Renan’s *Life of Jesus*. Renan’s work had lasting appeal because it presented an alternative to both a strictly materialist worldview and an Orthodox one, allowing readers to accept modernity while retaining religious feeling.
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Re-Embroidering the Robe
Faith, Myth and Literary Creation since 1850
Since the mid-nineteenth century, writers have retold old myths with fresh messages or created new ones for traditional truths. The eighteen essays in this book examine this transforming artistry in literature from 1850 to the present day.
Since the mid-nineteenth century, writers have retold old myths with fresh messages or created new ones for traditional truths. The eighteen essays in this book examine this transforming artistry in literature from 1850 to the present day.
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This book explores how literature portrays riots not as chaos, but as popular politics. Spanning from Shakespeare to postcolonial uprisings, these essays analyze the charged language of power and resistance, revealing the tension between official culture and the crowd.
This book explores how literature portrays riots not as chaos, but as popular politics. Spanning from Shakespeare to postcolonial uprisings, these essays analyze the charged language of power and resistance, revealing the tension between official culture and the crowd.
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Our Orwell, Right or Left
The Continued Importance of One Writer to the World of Western Politics
George Orwell's work has been used and misused by the Left and Right, creating a battle over his legacy. This book decodes why both sides claim him, juxtaposing his writing with their dubious claims and showing how his warnings remain alarmingly prescient.
George Orwell’s work has been used and misused by the Left and Right, creating a battle over his legacy. This book decodes why both sides claim him, juxtaposing his writing with their dubious claims and showing how his warnings remain alarmingly prescient.
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Re-Reading Richard Hoggart
Life, Literature, Language, Education
Richard Hoggart put the working class on the cultural map. The first critic to take popular culture seriously, he founded Cultural Studies and was a key witness in the Lady Chatterley trial. This volume explores his life and significant role in cultural shifts.
Richard Hoggart put the working class on the cultural map. The first critic to take popular culture seriously, he founded Cultural Studies and was a key witness in the Lady Chatterley trial. This volume explores his life and significant role in cultural shifts.
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