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This title enquires into the processes by which certain contemporary women pay testimony to history. It examines the reasons why they recreate the past, whether political, social or artistic, and the strategies employed to establish a comparison with the present.
This title enquires into the processes by which certain contemporary women pay testimony to history. It examines the reasons why they recreate the past, whether political, social or artistic, and the strategies employed to establish a comparison with the present.
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You Girls Stay Here
Gender Roles in Popular British Children’s Adventure Fiction, 1930-70
Poynter explores a period long considered to be of poor quality as regards children’s books. She discusses a range of themes, such as female agency, power and courage, and additionally gives a linguistic analysis of selected texts, while also adopting a socio-cultural approach.
Poynter explores a period long considered to be of poor quality as regards children’s books. She discusses a range of themes, such as female agency, power and courage, and additionally gives a linguistic analysis of selected texts, while also adopting a socio-cultural approach.
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Uncovering Caledonia
An Introduction to Scottish Studies
Uncover the burning cultural issues of modern Scotland from a non-native point of view. This book offers insight through the analysis of Scottish folk tales, legends, literature, and film, appealing to both scholars and the general reader.
Uncover the burning cultural issues of modern Scotland from a non-native point of view. This book offers insight through the analysis of Scottish folk tales, legends, literature, and film, appealing to both scholars and the general reader.
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(Post)Colonial Passages
Incursions and Excursions across the Literatures and Cultures in English
The essays gathered here discuss postcolonialism as a transdisciplinary field of passages that negotiate among diverse, yet interrelated, cultural fields.
The essays gathered here discuss postcolonialism as a transdisciplinary field of passages that negotiate among diverse, yet interrelated, cultural fields.
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The Italian Short Story through the Centuries
The Met(A)morphoses of the Novella
This collection of essays gathers together Italian and American scholars to provide a cooperative analysis of the Italian short story, beginning in the fourteenth century with Giovanni Boccaccio and arriving at the twentieth century with Alberto Moravia and Anna Maria Ortese.
This collection of essays gathers together Italian and American scholars to provide a cooperative analysis of the Italian short story, beginning in the fourteenth century with Giovanni Boccaccio and arriving at the twentieth century with Alberto Moravia and Anna Maria Ortese.
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Downloading the Poetic Self
An Anatomy of Poetic Character
An autobiography of a writer’s existence in poetry—the tracks left by a clumsy bear taming himself in public. It will light fires, inspiring you to find language as daring as your life and proving that poetry is essential to a good life.
An autobiography of a writer’s existence in poetry—the tracks left by a clumsy bear taming himself in public. It will light fires, inspiring you to find language as daring as your life and proving that poetry is essential to a good life.
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Stephen King in the New Millennium
Gothic Mediations on New Writing Materialities
This exciting exploration of Stephen King’s digital writing maneuvers and electronic ventures on online platforms unravels the author’s latest writing techniques and justifies his unprecedented success in the new millennium, tracing his shifts from print to the digital.
This exciting exploration of Stephen King’s digital writing maneuvers and electronic ventures on online platforms unravels the author’s latest writing techniques and justifies his unprecedented success in the new millennium, tracing his shifts from print to the digital.
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This volume contains a variety of essays about Florida literature and history by scholars from across the state representing every kind of institution of higher learning, from community colleges to small liberal arts institutions to large universities.
This volume contains a variety of essays about Florida literature and history by scholars from across the state representing every kind of institution of higher learning, from community colleges to small liberal arts institutions to large universities.
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Ertin looks into the terms “camp” and “the closet” in Alan Hollinghurst’s fiction, since all four of his novels investigate the gay male experience throughout the late-twentieth century, to see whether the author writes from the margin or from the centre to recreate the origin.
Ertin looks into the terms “camp” and “the closet” in Alan Hollinghurst’s fiction, since all four of his novels investigate the gay male experience throughout the late-twentieth century, to see whether the author writes from the margin or from the centre to recreate the origin.
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Recovering History through Fact and Fiction
Forgotten Lives
This collection reclaims the histories of figures forgotten by time and offers fresh perspectives on those distorted by fame, including Mary Shelley, Judy Garland, and J.R.R. Tolkien. It provides a needed snapshot of new research on biography and its many variations.
This collection reclaims the histories of figures forgotten by time and offers fresh perspectives on those distorted by fame, including Mary Shelley, Judy Garland, and J.R.R. Tolkien. It provides a needed snapshot of new research on biography and its many variations.
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South African Literary Cultural Nationalism—Abalobi beSizwe eMzansi—1918-45
Returning to the Source
Creary’s intellectual history uses Amílcar Cabral’s theory of the “return to the source” to examine Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi, Vilakazi’s poetry, and Jordan’s The Wrath of the Ancestors within the broader context of African cultural nationalisms in the early twentieth century.
Creary’s intellectual history uses Amílcar Cabral’s theory of the “return to the source” to examine Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi, Vilakazi’s poetry, and Jordan’s The Wrath of the Ancestors within the broader context of African cultural nationalisms in the early twentieth century.
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The Homeric Epics and the Chinese Book of Songs
Foundational Texts Compared
The Homeric epics and the Book of Songs are not just the fountainheads of the Western and Chinese literary traditions; for centuries they played a central role in education and communal life. This title presents the first systematic comparison of the two corpora.
The Homeric epics and the Book of Songs are not just the fountainheads of the Western and Chinese literary traditions; for centuries they played a central role in education and communal life. This title presents the first systematic comparison of the two corpora.
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Das examines the theories of nation and national identity in both the West (according to the theories of Benedict Anderson and Salman Rushdie) and in the East (in the light of the works of Jawaharlal Nehru) as they apply to the novels of Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai.
Das examines the theories of nation and national identity in both the West (according to the theories of Benedict Anderson and Salman Rushdie) and in the East (in the light of the works of Jawaharlal Nehru) as they apply to the novels of Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai.
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Culture and Society in Crete
From Kornaros to Kazantzakis
The papers here explore original aspects of the Cretan cultural and historical tradition, offering unique insights into already established fields. As a result, they will appeal to scholars of modern Greek studies, Renaissance Studies and comparative literature, among others.
The papers here explore original aspects of the Cretan cultural and historical tradition, offering unique insights into already established fields. As a result, they will appeal to scholars of modern Greek studies, Renaissance Studies and comparative literature, among others.
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In a world turned upside-down, this essay collection shows the vital role of the humanities. It explores how societies have historically coped with distressing change to address today's crises—from climate change and racism to the worldwide crisis of democracy.
In a world turned upside-down, this essay collection shows the vital role of the humanities. It explores how societies have historically coped with distressing change to address today’s crises—from climate change and racism to the worldwide crisis of democracy.
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This book explores the cultural and psychological resonances in John B. Keane’s masterpiece, The Field. Applying psychological and post-colonial filters, it analyzes representations of gender and history to encourage a re-appraisal of this often overlooked Irish playwright.
This book explores the cultural and psychological resonances in John B. Keane’s masterpiece, The Field. Applying psychological and post-colonial filters, it analyzes representations of gender and history to encourage a re-appraisal of this often overlooked Irish playwright.
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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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Urban Monstrosities
Perversity and Upheaval in the Unreal City
The contributors here show how artists and writers across the past two hundred years figure the monster as a barometer of changing urban patterns. Here, monstrosity becomes the herald of embryonic social forms and marginalized populations in portrayals of cities across media.
The contributors here show how artists and writers across the past two hundred years figure the monster as a barometer of changing urban patterns. Here, monstrosity becomes the herald of embryonic social forms and marginalized populations in portrayals of cities across media.
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Thomas brings together the oral histories of those who have lived in the Mexican State of Sonora and the corresponding territory in the US, using these voices to paint the revolution in economics, culture, and drug trade that the area has witnessed in gripping, personal terms.
Thomas brings together the oral histories of those who have lived in the Mexican State of Sonora and the corresponding territory in the US, using these voices to paint the revolution in economics, culture, and drug trade that the area has witnessed in gripping, personal terms.
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Examining the politics of cultural identity, sexuality in the post-independence era, and Ireland’s culture of incarceration, amongst other themes, this conference proceedings enriches understandings of the social, cultural, and political dimensions of Beckett’s work.
Examining the politics of cultural identity, sexuality in the post-independence era, and Ireland’s culture of incarceration, amongst other themes, this conference proceedings enriches understandings of the social, cultural, and political dimensions of Beckett’s work.
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