Literature – Page 20 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Environmentalism in the Realm of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature

Edited By: Chris Baratta

£34.99

This collection of essays analyzes environmental and ecocritical themes in science fiction and fantasy. It investigates how these genres address today’s ecological crises and the detrimental effects of environmental destruction, while also considering solutions.

Totalitarianism and Literary Discourse

20th Century Experience

Edited By: Irma Ratiani

£54.99

This collection pioneers scholarly inquiry into the challenges facing literature in totalitarian strangleholds, focusing on the Soviet experience. Scholars from post-Soviet states and beyond assess texts, intellectual terror, and the myths of the era.

Science and American Literature in the 20th and 21st Centuries

From Henry Adams to John Adams

Edited By: Frédéric Dumas, Ronan Ludot-Vlasak, Claire Maniez

£39.99

This book explores the uneasy relationship between American literature and science. It examines how scientific discourse informs literary writing, from the history of science and neurosciences to the ethics of progress and the influence of digital technology.

Sold by the Millions

Australia’s Bestsellers

Edited By: Louise Lightfoot, Amit Sarwal

£39.99

Australian genre fiction writers sell stories by the millions. This is the first collection to explore Australia’s best-selling material, with leading experts providing pieces on Romance, Horror, Crime, Science Fiction, and more.

The Shadow of the Precursor

Edited By: Nena Bierbaum

£44.99

For writers and artists, the shadows of precursors can be a welcome influence or a haunting presence. This book explores conscious and unconscious influences, from imitation to intertextuality, and asks how such references shape how we read.

The Face of the Other in Anglo-American Literature

Edited By: Marija Knežević

£39.99

Has 20th-century theory failed us? In a world of resurgent bigotry, this book seeks new phenomenological ways to understand the Other.

“A Warr So Desperate”

John Milton and Some Contemporaries on the Irish Rebellion

By: Jim Daems

£34.99

This book examines how John Milton, the famed champion of liberty, justified the brutal reconquest of Ireland. It situates his work within the anti-Catholic and ethnic prejudices of the time, arguing for his complicity in the colonial campaign.

Hybridity

Forms and Figures in Literature and the Visual Arts

Edited By: Vanessa Guignery, Catherine Pesso-Miquel, François Specq

£44.99

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.

IDEA

Studies in English

Edited By: Evrim Doğan Adanur

£54.99

This collection of essays by prominent academicians explores current trends in English Studies. Dealing with issues from Shakespeare to translation and postcolonial studies, it presents a diversity of theoretical, cultural, and linguistic perspectives.

The Right Sort of Woman

Victorian Travel Writers and the Fitness of an Empire

By: Precious McKenzie Stearns

£34.99

Nineteenth-century British women’s travel writing reveals how they found freedom abroad. Far from strict Victorian codes, they participated in men’s sports, improving their health and confidence. This shaped feminism and the revolutionary image of the New Woman.

Critical Essays on Barack Obama

Re-affirming the Hope, Re-vitalizing the Dream

Edited By: Melvin B. Rahming

£44.99

In this collection of critical essays, diverse scholars move beyond personal opinion to examine Barack Obama’s life, writings, and presidency. They explore his impact on race and public policy, his potential to re-shape America, and to re-vitalize the American Dream.

Rethinking the Humanities

Paths and Challenges

Edited By: Ricardo Gil Soeiro, Sofia Tavares

£34.99

Rethinking the Humanities reflects on the challenges facing the humanities in an era of globalization. Drawing on diverse perspectives, this volume surpasses the dominant rhetoric of crisis to open new fields of debate and offer innovative perspectives.

Transatlantic Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century

Edited By: Julie A. Chappell, Kamille Stone Stanton

£34.99

In an era defined by writers like William Blake and Olaudah Equiano, this collection proves the anti-slavery movement was no single-authored sensation, but a broader transatlantic discourse spanning the entire long eighteenth century.

Documenting Eighteenth Century Satire

Pope, Swift, Gay, and Arbuthnot in Historical Context

By: Pat Rogers

£44.99

This historicized view of Augustan satire shows how works by Pope, Swift, and Gay can be “documented” to reveal richer meanings. Drawing on unpublished sources, it uncovers a literary hoax, new links, and interprets a virtually unknown poem.

Renaissance Tales of Desire

Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, Theseus and Ariadne, Ceyx and Alcione and Orpheus his Journey to Hell. A Revised and Augmented Edition

Edited By: Sophie Alatorre with a Preface by Sarah A. Brown

£24.99

This edition of mythological tales from Ovid highlights the epyllion, a genre that influenced Marlowe and Shakespeare. While concerned with metamorphosis, these witty narrative poems also express deep male anxiety about female desire in early modern England.

Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan

Honing the Hybridity of the Graphic Novel

By: DJ Dycus

£39.99

This book examines Chris Ware, a preeminent comics creator who fortifies and expands the genre. It analyzes comics in relation to literature and film before focusing on his magnum opus, Jimmy Corrigan, contextualizing it alongside other prominent figures.

Women’s Identities and Bodies in Colonial and Postcolonial History and Literature

Edited By: Maria Isabel Romero Ruiz

£34.99

This collection examines women’s identities and bodies through literary and historical accounts. Using the colonial past to analyze contemporary issues, it explores the female body as a site of abuse and discrimination, but also of knowledge and cultural production.

Peripheral Transmodernities

South-to-South Intercultural Dialogues between the Luso-Hispanic World and “the Orient”

Edited By: Ignacio López-Calvo

£44.99

This collection of essays explores the critical dialogue between the Hispanic/Latino world and Asian and Arab cultures. Bypassing old colonial centers, these South-to-South dialogues provide vivid examples of de-colonizing impetus and cultural resistance.

Elizabeth Taylor

A Centenary Celebration

Edited By: N. H. Reeve

£34.99

A centenary tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, one of the 20th century's master storytellers. This volume pairs new critical essays with her uncollected stories, essays, and letters, including correspondence with Virginia Woolf.

A centenary tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, one of the 20th century’s master storytellers. This volume pairs new critical essays with her uncollected stories, essays, and letters, including correspondence with Virginia Woolf.

Beckett Re-Membered

After the Centenary

Edited By: James Carney, Michael O’Sullivan, Karl White

£39.99

This collection of recent scholarship on Samuel Beckett offers a diverse and comprehensive survey of his literary and philosophical work. It will appeal to any reader interested in provocative responses to one of the 20th century’s most important writers.