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Fundamental Shakespeare
New Perspectives on Gender, Psychology and Politics
This volume sheds fresh light on, and offers new insights to, a wide range of topics including politics, psychology and discourse, by discussing the work of Shakespeare from an Eastern perspective.
This volume sheds fresh light on, and offers new insights to, a wide range of topics including politics, psychology and discourse, by discussing the work of Shakespeare from an Eastern perspective.
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This publication raises profound economic, ethical, political, sociological, and psychological questions. It explores our fears and fantasies as it examines a range of fictions, films, and TV programs that speculate about the possibilities of humans in the future.
This publication raises profound economic, ethical, political, sociological, and psychological questions. It explores our fears and fantasies as it examines a range of fictions, films, and TV programs that speculate about the possibilities of humans in the future.
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George Bellows Revisited
New Considerations of the Painter’s Oeuvre
The artwork of one of the most important 20th-century American painters and printmakers, George Bellows, is studied in this essay collection. Innovative research is offered that probes his oeuvre from multiple viewpoints, challenging widely-held perceptions of Bellows.
The artwork of one of the most important 20th-century American painters and printmakers, George Bellows, is studied in this essay collection. Innovative research is offered that probes his oeuvre from multiple viewpoints, challenging widely-held perceptions of Bellows.
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Handmaids, Tributes, and Carers
Dystopian Females’ Roles and Goals
This book studies the role of female figures in dystopian narratives, from fiction to film, addressing how such characters, from all stages of life, are often critical to these narratives, positing females as particularly powerful heroines or catalysts to action.
This book studies the role of female figures in dystopian narratives, from fiction to film, addressing how such characters, from all stages of life, are often critical to these narratives, positing females as particularly powerful heroines or catalysts to action.
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Studying the millennial history of the Indian subcontinent, this collection questions various linguistic, literary and artistic appropriations of the past. It does this to address the conflicting comprehensions of the present and the figuring/imagining of a possible future.
Studying the millennial history of the Indian subcontinent, this collection questions various linguistic, literary and artistic appropriations of the past. It does this to address the conflicting comprehensions of the present and the figuring/imagining of a possible future.
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Hybridity
Forms and Figures in Literature and the Visual Arts
This volume critically assesses the notion of hybridity in literature and the visual arts from the eighteenth century to the present. It examines the concept as one held in contempt by purists, promoted by syncretists, and viewed with suspicion by its critics.
This volume critically assesses the notion of hybridity in literature and the visual arts from the eighteenth century to the present. It examines the concept as one held in contempt by purists, promoted by syncretists, and viewed with suspicion by its critics.
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These provocative essays examine how blackness has been configured in cultural productions from the modern German-speaking world, tracing crucial shifts from colonial notions of race to the recodification of blackness as American and an entry-point into modernity.
These provocative essays examine how blackness has been configured in cultural productions from the modern German-speaking world, tracing crucial shifts from colonial notions of race to the recodification of blackness as American and an entry-point into modernity.
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In Search of the Medieval Voice
Expressions of Identity in the Middle Ages
This collection of articles is an intriguing way of looking at medieval identity. Reaching beyond literature, this book examines the authorial and pictorial voice, the voice of national identity, and even the physical attributes a medieval voice may have had.
This collection of articles is an intriguing way of looking at medieval identity. Reaching beyond literature, this book examines the authorial and pictorial voice, the voice of national identity, and even the physical attributes a medieval voice may have had.
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In the Jaws of the Leviathan
Genocide Fiction and Film
How do we witness the unspeakable? This book analyzes portrayals of genocide in film and fiction from Africa, Asia, and South America. It contrasts the indirect metaphors of commercial media with the direct, personal gazes found in experimental works.
How do we witness the unspeakable? This book analyzes portrayals of genocide in film and fiction from Africa, Asia, and South America. It contrasts the indirect metaphors of commercial media with the direct, personal gazes found in experimental works.
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This volume explores D. H. Lawrence’s search for an ideal primitive society. Combining literature and photography, it analyses Sicilian and Sardinian society, offering new perspectives on *Sea and Sardinia*, including its ecological approach, gender roles, and local identity.
This volume explores D. H. Lawrence’s search for an ideal primitive society. Combining literature and photography, it analyses Sicilian and Sardinian society, offering new perspectives on *Sea and Sardinia*, including its ecological approach, gender roles, and local identity.
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This volume explores how seventeenth-century intellectuals and officials conceived of interpretation and read their world. It examines practices from literature, translation, and science to political ceremonies, shedding new light on the culture of the period.
This volume explores how seventeenth-century intellectuals and officials conceived of interpretation and read their world. It examines practices from literature, translation, and science to political ceremonies, shedding new light on the culture of the period.
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Irish Childhoods
Children’s Fiction and Irish History
This book explores how contemporary Irish children’s fiction engages with the past. It reveals how constructions of childhood in novels and films are used to explore complex questions of Irish history, culture, and identity.
This book explores how contemporary Irish children’s fiction engages with the past. It reveals how constructions of childhood in novels and films are used to explore complex questions of Irish history, culture, and identity.
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This book explores the relationship between Ruskin and Turner through their mutual fascination with water, focusing on The Harbours of England. It reveals how water became a multifaceted symbol of tradition, progress, and nationalism in the nineteenth century.
This book explores the relationship between Ruskin and Turner through their mutual fascination with water, focusing on The Harbours of England. It reveals how water became a multifaceted symbol of tradition, progress, and nationalism in the nineteenth century.
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Following the recent ‘turn to religion’ that has been so important to English Studies in the 21st century, this monograph builds on many of the recent biographies of Shakespeare that have explored the playwright’s religious views, with a specific focus on his King Lear.
Following the recent ‘turn to religion’ that has been so important to English Studies in the 21st century, this monograph builds on many of the recent biographies of Shakespeare that have explored the playwright’s religious views, with a specific focus on his King Lear.
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The idea of light and darkness is one of the central ideas of the Symbolist movement, which emphasises contrasts. The contributors here present a range of studies that provide a detailed understanding of this notion and a variety of its Symbolist interpretations.
The idea of light and darkness is one of the central ideas of the Symbolist movement, which emphasises contrasts. The contributors here present a range of studies that provide a detailed understanding of this notion and a variety of its Symbolist interpretations.
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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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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 collection of essays by international scholars provides new pathways through Frankenstein. Chapters explore the iconic novel’s themes, cultural context, and its numerous afterlives in film, games, and more, stimulating a new appreciation for the classic.
This collection of essays by international scholars provides new pathways through Frankenstein. Chapters explore the iconic novel’s themes, cultural context, and its numerous afterlives in film, games, and more, stimulating a new appreciation for the classic.
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Technology is reshaping imagination itself. The essays in this volume explore the thrilling intersection of the digital and the creative as it transforms modern film, fiction, and art.
Technology is reshaping imagination itself. The essays in this volume explore the thrilling intersection of the digital and the creative as it transforms modern film, fiction, and art.
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