Literature – Page 19 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Imaging Italy Through the Eyes of Contemporary Australian Travellers (1990-2010)

By: Roberta Trapè

£34.99

This book explores the experience of contemporary Australian intellectuals in Italy, analysing works by Jeffrey Smart, Shirley Hazzard, Robert Dessaix, and Peter Robb. It uncovers an image of the country starkly different from any before.

The Future of Post-Human Chemistry

A Preface to a New Theory of Substances and their Changes

By: Peter Baofu

£54.99

Is chemistry the central science? This book moves beyond conflicting views to provide a better way of understanding chemistry's future. It offers a new theory that will fundamentally change how we think about the field, with enormous implications for humanity.

Is chemistry the central science? This book moves beyond conflicting views to provide a better way of understanding chemistry’s future. It offers a new theory that will fundamentally change how we think about the field, with enormous implications for humanity.

Myth, Language and Tradition

A Study of Yeats, Stevens, and Eliot in the Context of Heidegger’s Search for Being

By: Wit Píetrzak

£44.99

"Levity of Design" voices a critique of present-day society from within. J. H. Prynne’s poetry overcomes the impasse of poststructuralism, seeking a language in which the notion of man can be restituted as a viable category in late modernity.

“Levity of Design” voices a critique of present-day society from within. J. H. Prynne’s poetry overcomes the impasse of poststructuralism, seeking a language in which the notion of man can be restituted as a viable category in late modernity.

Analysing David Peace

By: Katy Shaw

£34.99

This collection provides a critical introduction to celebrated novelist David Peace. It explores his writings on the Yorkshire Ripper, the 1984 miners’ strike, and post-war Japan, offering an essential guide and unique insight into his canon to date.

Afroeurope@n Configurations

Readings and Projects

Edited By: Sabrina Brancato

£39.99

This volume explores the African presence across Europe, from Russia to the Canary Islands. These essays offer a wide spectrum of research on contemporary black literatures and identities, providing insights into previously little explored areas.

Censorship across Borders

The Reception of English Literature in Twentieth-Century Europe

Edited By: Alberto Lázaro, Catherine O’Leary

£39.99

These essays explore European censorship of English literature, revealing why authors like Joyce and Orwell were targeted by opposing ideologies, from conservative Catholic morality to communism. This study uncovers the complex relationship between the state and culture.

Divine Madness

By: Harry Eiss

£54.99

Lila is the play of the gods, a free spirit of creation beyond the chains of reason and the clocks of time. Come, enter a realm of divine madness, where the trickster, the artist, and the savior weave the great tapestry of life. Join the play.

Sexuality, Eroticism, and Gender in French and Francophone Literature

Edited By: Aaron Emmitte, Melanie Hackney

£34.99

Uncover the provocative history of sexuality, eroticism, and gender in French & Francophone literature. From Zola’s challenge to rape to the feminism of Djebar, this book reveals a literary tradition long engaged with redefining desire.

Heinrich Böll and Ireland

By: Gisela Holfter

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Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll’s relationship with Ireland went far beyond his famous *Irish Journal*. This book charts his deep personal and literary connections, from his second home on Achill Island to his translations of Irish authors and the controversies he caused.

Hamlet of Morningside Heights

By: Kenneth Craven

£34.99

Craven uncovers Apostle Paul's ethics hidden in Hamlet, a discovery that unlocks seismic shifts in American culture and illuminates his own quest for power.

Craven uncovers Apostle Paul’s ethics hidden in Hamlet, a discovery that unlocks seismic shifts in American culture and illuminates his own quest for power.

Glocal Ireland

Current Perspectives on Literature and the Visual Arts

Edited By: Juan F. Elices Agudo, Marisol Morales Ladrón Soledad

£39.99

Ireland's transformation from the Celtic Tiger's boom to its dramatic downfall has redefined the nation's identity. This volume explores the interplay of the local and the global in contemporary Irish literature, culture, and cinema.

Ireland’s transformation from the Celtic Tiger’s boom to its dramatic downfall has redefined the nation’s identity. This volume explores the interplay of the local and the global in contemporary Irish literature, culture, and cinema.

Fathers in Victorian Fiction

Edited By: Natalie McKnight

£39.99

This book examines the changing roles of fathers in the nineteenth century as seen in Victorian authors' lives and fiction. They explored conflicting expectations of fatherhood, yielding memorable portrayals and asking a question still relevant today: What makes a good father?

This book examines the changing roles of fathers in the nineteenth century as seen in Victorian authors’ lives and fiction. They explored conflicting expectations of fatherhood, yielding memorable portrayals and asking a question still relevant today: What makes a good father?

Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain

A Reader’s Guide

By: Rodney Symington

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Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain explores the philosophical dilemmas of the modern age. This comprehensive commentary explains all references and allusions in the seminal novel, enabling readers to understand and extract the maximum pleasure from it.

Restless Travellers

Quests for Identity across European and American Time and Space

Edited By: Antonio José Miralles Pérez

£39.99

This book explores literature of travel and identity. From Britain's imperial age to North America, it examines writers who narrate journeys into distant lands, the female self, and the quest for belonging in the face of empire, race, and migration.

This book explores literature of travel and identity. From Britain’s imperial age to North America, it examines writers who narrate journeys into distant lands, the female self, and the quest for belonging in the face of empire, race, and migration.

Knowing Their Place? Identity and Space in Children’s Literature

Edited By: Terri Doughty, Dawn Thompson

£39.99

What does it mean for a child to "know their place" in a globalized world? This collection explores how identity is formed by place in children's literature, studying indigeneity, the natural world, fantastic spaces, and texts like Peter Pan and Harry Potter.

What does it mean for a child to “know their place” in a globalized world? This collection explores how identity is formed by place in children’s literature, studying indigeneity, the natural world, fantastic spaces, and texts like Peter Pan and Harry Potter.

Toni Morrison’s A Mercy

Critical Approaches

Edited By: Shirley A. Stave, Justine Tally

£34.99

This first volume of essays on Toni Morrison’s acclaimed novel, A Mercy, presents critical approaches to its richly-layered text. It explores the novel’s setting before slavery was linked to race, illuminating the work for scholars and students.

On Wolves and Sheep

Exploring the Expression of Political Thought in Golden Age Spain

Edited By: Aaron M. Kahn

£39.99

On Wolves and Sheep explores the methods used in the Spanish Golden Age to voice political opinions. Studying works by Cervantes, Lope de Vega, and others, these original essays reveal critical thoughts concerning Spain’s monarchs and imperial policies.

Investigating Arthur Upfield

A Centenary Collection of Critical Essays

Edited By: Carol Hetherington, Kees de Hoog

£39.99

This collection of critical essays by international scholars and novelists like Tony Hillerman celebrates Arthur Upfield, creator of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. The essays assess his place in the annals of crime fiction and Australian cultural history.

Metropolis and Experience

Defoe, Dickens, Joyce

By: Hye-Joon Yoon

£44.99

Reading Defoe, Dickens, and Joyce through Benjamin’s concepts of experience (Erlebnis and Erfahrung), this book traces the novel's critique of urban modernity from Defoe's narration of lived experience to Joyce's exuberant, joyous excess.

Reading Defoe, Dickens, and Joyce through Benjamin’s concepts of experience (Erlebnis and Erfahrung), this book traces the novel’s critique of urban modernity from Defoe’s narration of lived experience to Joyce’s exuberant, joyous excess.

China Views Nine-Eleven

Essays in Transnational American Studies

Edited By: Mei Renyi, Yan Xunhau

£54.99

In this collection of essays, scholars, mostly from China, address how Nine-Eleven affected the United States globally and at home. They discuss foreign policy, internal politics, and cultural repercussions, viewing the events in a much broader historical context.