Literature – Page 51 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Black Writers and the Left

Edited By: Kristen Moriah

£44.99

Black Writers and the Left examines the fraught relationship between African American intellectuals and the leftist movement in the early twentieth century, featuring unpublished interviews and archival research on figures like Langston Hughes and Richard Wright.

Quand la folie parle

The Dialectic Effect of Madness in French Literature since the Nineteenth Century

Edited By: Gillian Ni Cheallaigh, Laura Jackson, Siobhan McIlvanney

£44.99

This study of madness in literature demonstrates that the non-sense of madness achieves a force of expression more powerful than logic. It presents madness as a contestatory, creative stance, while refusing to play down its isolating difficulties.

Racial, Ethnic, Gender and Class Representations in Margaret Laurence’s Writings

By: Andreea Topor-Constantin

£44.99

This study analyzes Margaret Laurence's work as an entity, exploring representations of race, ethnicity, gender, and class. Covering her fiction and non-fiction, it gives voice to the marginal to challenge readers’ perceptions.

This study analyzes Margaret Laurence’s work as an entity, exploring representations of race, ethnicity, gender, and class. Covering her fiction and non-fiction, it gives voice to the marginal to challenge readers’ perceptions.

The Yields of Transition

Literature, Art and Philosophy in Early Medieval China

Edited By: Jana S. Rošker, Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik

£44.99

This volume on the Wei Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties (220–589 AD) opens new pathways in sinological studies. It reveals a new image of this period, undermining common historical interpretations and showing its decisive achievements.

The Apparelling of Truth

Literature and Literary Culture in the Reign of James VI; A Festschrift for Roderick J. Lyall

Edited By: Kevin J. McGinley, Nicola Royan

£44.99

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.

Shakespeare in Performance

Edited By: Eric C. Brown, Estelle Rivier-Arnaud

£44.99

These essays explore Shakespeare in performance across time and media. From 17th-century stagings to modern cinema, the circus, and global theatre, the collection asks what motivates Shakespearean performance and how we trace what is ephemeral.

Dialogic Openness in Nikos Kazantzakis

By: Charitini Christodoulou

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Charitini Christodoulou argues that a "dialogic openness" permeates Nikos Kazantzakis’ The Last Temptation. Antithetical forces clash in unresolved tension, revealing that subjectivity and identity are always in the process of becoming.

Charitini Christodoulou argues that a “dialogic openness” permeates Nikos Kazantzakis’ The Last Temptation. Antithetical forces clash in unresolved tension, revealing that subjectivity and identity are always in the process of becoming.

Thinking through Children’s Literature in the Classroom

Edited By: Agustín Reyes-Torres, Luis S. Villacañas-de-Castro, Betlem Soler Pardo

£44.99

This book shows how literature is central to children’s education. Literary works open young minds and help them understand the world. This approach motivates students to improve literacy skills and develop literary competence for independent interpretations.

Women and Work

The Labors of Self-Fashioning

Edited By: Christine Leiren Mower, Susanne Weil

£44.99

The essays in Women and Work explore how nineteenth- and twentieth-century US and British writers represent the work of being women—encompassing not only paid labor but also the work of performing femininity and domesticity.

Topicality and Representation

Islam and Muslims in two Renaissance Plays

By: Hammood Khalid Obaid

£44.99

This book explores how topical concerns shaped Islamic figures in Elizabethan plays like Peele’s Battle of Alcazar and Percy’s Mahomet and his Heaven. It argues these characters were formed by contemporary issues, rendering the term ‘representation’ debatable.

Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men

Superheroes and the American Experience

Edited By: Julian C. Chambliss, Thomas Donaldson, William Svitavsky

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This collection explores the superhero's evolution from 1930s comics to modern cinema. It examines how iconic heroes like Superman, Batman, and the Avengers reflect the historical contexts of their eras, from the Great Depression to the Cold War and beyond.

This collection explores the superhero’s evolution from 1930s comics to modern cinema. It examines how iconic heroes like Superman, Batman, and the Avengers reflect the historical contexts of their eras, from the Great Depression to the Cold War and beyond.

Byron and Women [and men]

Edited By: Peter Cochran

£44.99

New essays examine Lord Byron’s bisexuality and its effect on his poetry and drama. This volume covers neglected aspects of his life, including his boyfriends and gender in *Don Juan*, and includes new editions of notorious poems with startling theories.

Embodying an Image

Gender and Genre in a Selection of Children’s Responses to Picturebooks and Illustrated Texts

By: Sarah Toomey

£44.99

This book applies feminist cultural analysis to picturebooks, offering fresh insights into the gendered politics of identity. It investigates the child’s perspective and the power of visual imagery to embody the fantasies and desires of young children.

The Figure of the Shaman in Contemporary British Poetry

By: Shamsad Mortuza

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This study locates five contemporary British poets in a counter-cultural tradition responding to state power. From Celtic druids to Thatcherism, these shamanic poets use ‘archaic techniques of ecstasy’ to wrest spirituality from religion and politics.

Esther Tusquets

Scholarly Correspondences

Edited By: Nina L. Molinaro, Inmaculada Pertusa-Seva

£44.99

This volume reviews the life and work of Spanish writer Esther Tusquets (1936–2012). The essays contained offer new readings of the author’s canonical fiction and delve into the largely unexplored terrain of her non-fiction.

Women’s Utopian and Dystopian Fiction

Edited By: Sharon R. Wilson

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This exploration of women’s utopian and dystopian fiction reveals how imagined worlds critique gender roles and values. With a global perspective, essays focus on Doris Lessing and offer new perspectives on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.

Redefining Modernism and Postmodernism

Edited By: Sebnem Toplu, Şebnem Toplu

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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.

Within and Without Empire

Scotland Across the (Post)colonial Borderline

Edited By: Theo van Heijnsbergen, Carla Sassi

£44.99

This volume treats Scotland as a ‘theoretical borderland’ to question disciplinary borders. By bringing Scottish and postcolonial studies into dialogue, it fosters new paradigms for a deeper understanding of a world in dramatic flux and growing interdependence.

Arctic Discourses

Edited By: Anka Ryall, Johan Schimanski, Henning Howlid Wærp

£44.99

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.

Notional Identities

Ideology, Genre and National Identity in Popular Scottish Fiction Since the Seventies

By: Thomas Christie

£44.99

This book examines popular Scottish speculative and crime fiction from the 1970s onward, investigating how these works engaged with national identity, a tumultuous political climate, and their relationship to mainstream literary writing.