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Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi
A Taste for Eccentricity
More than a hostess or a footnote to Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi was a pioneering writer. This volume links her subversive biography to her innovative works, revealing how a scandalous marriage launched her career as a public author.
More than a hostess or a footnote to Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi was a pioneering writer. This volume links her subversive biography to her innovative works, revealing how a scandalous marriage launched her career as a public author.
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The Survival of Myth
Innovation, Singularity and Alterity
What are myths? The Survival of Myth explores the continuing power of primal stories to inhabit our thinking. Contributors examine figures from the Bible to Cormac McCarthy to show how ancient stories give access to the unconscious and transform society.
What are myths? The Survival of Myth explores the continuing power of primal stories to inhabit our thinking. Contributors examine figures from the Bible to Cormac McCarthy to show how ancient stories give access to the unconscious and transform society.
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Counterpoints
Edward Said’s Legacy
Revolving around Edward Said's theme of “counterpoint,” this book explores his contribution to the humanities. Overshadowed by his political positions, Said’s intellectual achievements should be acknowledged. This book pays tribute to his academic and humanistic legacy.
Revolving around Edward Said’s theme of “counterpoint,” this book explores his contribution to the humanities. Overshadowed by his political positions, Said’s intellectual achievements should be acknowledged. This book pays tribute to his academic and humanistic legacy.
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This collection of essays questions the traditional supremacy of Chaucer while reaffirming his lasting impact. Scholars explore his influence on writers like Shakespeare, offer a modern assessment of the Wife of Bath, and discuss making Chaucer relevant today.
This collection of essays questions the traditional supremacy of Chaucer while reaffirming his lasting impact. Scholars explore his influence on writers like Shakespeare, offer a modern assessment of the Wife of Bath, and discuss making Chaucer relevant today.
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Exploring Space
Spatial Notions in Cultural, Literary and Language Studies; Volume 1
This two-volume collection offers a comprehensive insight into how the category of space can inform original philological research. The first volume covers cultural and literary studies, while the second refers to English language studies.
This two-volume collection offers a comprehensive insight into how the category of space can inform original philological research. The first volume covers cultural and literary studies, while the second refers to English language studies.
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The Apparelling of Truth
Literature and Literary Culture in the Reign of James VI; A Festschrift for Roderick J. Lyall
This collection of essays offers new perspectives on the literature and culture of the reign of James VI. Its emphasis is on the continuities in literary culture throughout his rule, extending beyond the court to regional and international contexts.
This collection of essays offers new perspectives on the literature and culture of the reign of James VI. Its emphasis is on the continuities in literary culture throughout his rule, extending beyond the court to regional and international contexts.
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Educating the ‘Unconstant Rabble’
Arguments for Educational Advancement and Reform during the English Civil War and Interregnum
The English Revolution was a revolution in reading. While the state sought to restrict access to potentially dangerous ideas, key thinkers argued for the opposite: extending education to equip the emerging ‘reading public’ to take an active part in political life.
The English Revolution was a revolution in reading. While the state sought to restrict access to potentially dangerous ideas, key thinkers argued for the opposite: extending education to equip the emerging ‘reading public’ to take an active part in political life.
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This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines the persistence of African cultural traditions in the Americas. Scholars explore how people of the African diaspora used literature, music, dance, and religion to survive and resist colonialism and racism.
This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines the persistence of African cultural traditions in the Americas. Scholars explore how people of the African diaspora used literature, music, dance, and religion to survive and resist colonialism and racism.
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Word and Rite
The Bible and Ceremony in Selected Shakespearean Works
This book shows how the Bible and Christian tradition intersect the language of Shakespeare. It focuses on how rites illuminate mysteries and how ceremony turns mayhem into mystery. In Shakespeare, word and rite are as inseparable as word and sacrament in worship.
This book shows how the Bible and Christian tradition intersect the language of Shakespeare. It focuses on how rites illuminate mysteries and how ceremony turns mayhem into mystery. In Shakespeare, word and rite are as inseparable as word and sacrament in worship.
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Contingencies and Masterly Fictions
Countertextuality in Dickens, Contemporary Fiction and Theory
This book establishes deconstructive dialogues between Dickens's novels, contemporary literature, and post-structuralist theory. This countertextual reading exposes instability in writing, but also in racial and gender identities, developing a new poetics of theory.
This book establishes deconstructive dialogues between Dickens’s novels, contemporary literature, and post-structuralist theory. This countertextual reading exposes instability in writing, but also in racial and gender identities, developing a new poetics of theory.
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This exciting collection of original essays on early modern women’s writing introduces little-known writers and offers new critical strategies. The authors explore diverse genres, integrating literary history with religion, legal issues, and genre questions.
This exciting collection of original essays on early modern women’s writing introduces little-known writers and offers new critical strategies. The authors explore diverse genres, integrating literary history with religion, legal issues, and genre questions.
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This book explores Banti’s Italian feminism, focusing on her interpretation of “equality” versus “sexual difference.” Through an analysis of her novels and short stories, it argues that Banti embraced a feminism of difference to preserve woman's identity.
This book explores Banti’s Italian feminism, focusing on her interpretation of “equality” versus “sexual difference.” Through an analysis of her novels and short stories, it argues that Banti embraced a feminism of difference to preserve woman’s identity.
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Twenty-first century crises demand a re-evaluation of modernism and postmodernism. This collection of essays by international scholars offers new perspectives on literature, film, art, and politics, navigating debates beyond the traditional dichotomy.
Twenty-first century crises demand a re-evaluation of modernism and postmodernism. This collection of essays by international scholars offers new perspectives on literature, film, art, and politics, navigating debates beyond the traditional dichotomy.
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International scholars offer a varied picture of our changing world, discussing the shifting borders of convention in literature, culture, film, music, and art. These complex essays offer fresh views that will stimulate intellectual debate.
International scholars offer a varied picture of our changing world, discussing the shifting borders of convention in literature, culture, film, music, and art. These complex essays offer fresh views that will stimulate intellectual debate.
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This volume offers critical perspectives on literature and culture, contesting the New World Order and the hegemony of stronger nations. With a significant focus on Islam, it challenges academic discourses founded upon Western-style scholarship.
This volume offers critical perspectives on literature and culture, contesting the New World Order and the hegemony of stronger nations. With a significant focus on Islam, it challenges academic discourses founded upon Western-style scholarship.
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Challenging the idea that realism promotes sameness, this volume argues that realist narratives actively create otherness. Essays examine how collisions of class, gender, and nationality reveal the strategies of constructing difference in realist and postmodern texts.
Challenging the idea that realism promotes sameness, this volume argues that realist narratives actively create otherness. Essays examine how collisions of class, gender, and nationality reveal the strategies of constructing difference in realist and postmodern texts.
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These essays examine the influence of Christian Latin literature upon the Latin and vernacular letters of the Iberian Peninsula (1480–1630). Contrary to most studies, this volume accommodates authors writing in Portuguese, Catalan, and Latin.
These essays examine the influence of Christian Latin literature upon the Latin and vernacular letters of the Iberian Peninsula (1480–1630). Contrary to most studies, this volume accommodates authors writing in Portuguese, Catalan, and Latin.
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We Won’t Make It Out Alive
Patrick McCabe and the Horrors of the Irish Mundane
A study of Patrick McCabe’s work. Beneath the grotesque and funny narratives of his characters lurk similar pasts of cruelty and abuse. This book discusses how these childhood traumas and Irish social upheaval drive McCabe's narrators crazy.
A study of Patrick McCabe’s work. Beneath the grotesque and funny narratives of his characters lurk similar pasts of cruelty and abuse. This book discusses how these childhood traumas and Irish social upheaval drive McCabe’s narrators crazy.
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“Rapt in Secret Studies”
Emerging Shakespeares
Inspired by Prospero’s phrase “rapt in secret studies,” this collection of essays from emerging scholars imagines new pathways in Shakespeare Studies, exploring themes of obsession (“rapt”), spies and contagion (“secret”), and authorship (“study”).
Inspired by Prospero’s phrase “rapt in secret studies,” this collection of essays from emerging scholars imagines new pathways in Shakespeare Studies, exploring themes of obsession (“rapt”), spies and contagion (“secret”), and authorship (“study”).
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This volume investigates how accounts of the Arctic have shaped history. It examines the discourse of “Arcticism,” modelled on Orientalism, and intersecting narratives of imperialism, science, and indigeneity across a wide range of genres.
This volume investigates how accounts of the Arctic have shaped history. It examines the discourse of “Arcticism,” modelled on Orientalism, and intersecting narratives of imperialism, science, and indigeneity across a wide range of genres.
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