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Crossing Borders in Victorian Travel
Spaces, Nations and Empires
This title discusses how, in the Victorian era, space and empire were shaped around the notion of boundaries, by travel narratives and from a variety of methodological and critical perspectives. It assesses a broad range of canonical and lesser-studied Victorian travel texts.
This title discusses how, in the Victorian era, space and empire were shaped around the notion of boundaries, by travel narratives and from a variety of methodological and critical perspectives. It assesses a broad range of canonical and lesser-studied Victorian travel texts.
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This anthology gathers the insight, knowledge, and wisdom found in different manifestations of “resistance art” to further our understanding of the impact of resistance on contemporary life.
This anthology gathers the insight, knowledge, and wisdom found in different manifestations of “resistance art” to further our understanding of the impact of resistance on contemporary life.
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This book builds upon recent analysis of Shakespeare’s Othello, in order to show how the discourse of religion might affect our understanding of this play. It specifically looks at how Catholicism, a contested topic in Shakespeare’s world, affects our understanding of Desdemona.
This book builds upon recent analysis of Shakespeare’s Othello, in order to show how the discourse of religion might affect our understanding of this play. It specifically looks at how Catholicism, a contested topic in Shakespeare’s world, affects our understanding of Desdemona.
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How does humour work? This book tests Attardo & Raskin’s General Theory of Verbal Humor, proposing a new ‘humorist reading’. By providing the tools to ask ‘why is this humorous?’, it offers a valuable new way to understand any literary text.
How does humour work? This book tests Attardo & Raskin’s General Theory of Verbal Humor, proposing a new ‘humorist reading’. By providing the tools to ask ‘why is this humorous?’, it offers a valuable new way to understand any literary text.
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Theory That Matters
What Practice After Theory
Theory That Matters offers an up-to-date assessment of literary and cultural theory. The volume launches a defence of theory, demonstrating this is not achieved at the expense of praxis, but by showing its currency through a variety of contexts.
Theory That Matters offers an up-to-date assessment of literary and cultural theory. The volume launches a defence of theory, demonstrating this is not achieved at the expense of praxis, but by showing its currency through a variety of contexts.
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Which Face of Witch
Self-Representations of Women as Witches in Works of Contemporary British Women Writers
Once a feared figure on the edge of society, the witch has been reclaimed by women as a feminist icon. This study investigates how contemporary British writers like Iris Murdoch, Jeanette Winterson, and Angela Carter interpret this ancient figure in creative ways.
Once a feared figure on the edge of society, the witch has been reclaimed by women as a feminist icon. This study investigates how contemporary British writers like Iris Murdoch, Jeanette Winterson, and Angela Carter interpret this ancient figure in creative ways.
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Chronology of Portuguese Literature
1128-2000
The first Chronology of Portuguese Literature published in any language, this book presents a year-by-year list of significant works from 1128 to 2000. It documents the development of Portuguese letters and includes the birth and death dates of each author.
The first Chronology of Portuguese Literature published in any language, this book presents a year-by-year list of significant works from 1128 to 2000. It documents the development of Portuguese letters and includes the birth and death dates of each author.
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This book deals with travel narratives on the North from 1784 to 1897, exploring how writers used the idea of a Nordic utopia to address Britishness, gender, and the racial discourse on nationhood.
This book deals with travel narratives on the North from 1784 to 1897, exploring how writers used the idea of a Nordic utopia to address Britishness, gender, and the racial discourse on nationhood.
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Shakespeare, Our Personal Trainer
Teaching Shakespeare in Secondary Schools
Experts from literary, theatre, and scientific fields present Shakespeare’s works from different perspectives. Deploying a range of filters such as nutrition, comics, and street art, they show how the Bard can still be relevant to our lives in the 21st century.
Experts from literary, theatre, and scientific fields present Shakespeare’s works from different perspectives. Deploying a range of filters such as nutrition, comics, and street art, they show how the Bard can still be relevant to our lives in the 21st century.
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Queer Rebellion in the Novels of Michelle Cliff
Intersectionality and Sexual Modernity
Ilmonen highlights Jamaican-American author Michelle Cliff’s literary rebellion against the colonial, gendered and racist norms of Western Modernity. She also considers myths, rites, and cultural memory as sites of healing in the midst of colonial bodily politics.
Ilmonen highlights Jamaican-American author Michelle Cliff’s literary rebellion against the colonial, gendered and racist norms of Western Modernity. She also considers myths, rites, and cultural memory as sites of healing in the midst of colonial bodily politics.
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“This Shipwreck of Fragments”
Historical Memory, Imaginary Identities, and Postcolonial Geography in Caribbean Culture and Literature
This book examines Caribbean cultural identities beyond the popular perception of hybridity. Drawing on literature and music from the Hispanic and Francophone Caribbean, it reveals troubled pasts and current problems eclipsed by the "tropical getaway" myth.
This book examines Caribbean cultural identities beyond the popular perception of hybridity. Drawing on literature and music from the Hispanic and Francophone Caribbean, it reveals troubled pasts and current problems eclipsed by the “tropical getaway” myth.
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Microhistory and the Picaresque Novel
A First Exploration into Commensurable Perspectives
This is the first book to combine scholarship on the picaresque novel with microhistory. This innovative volume brings together expert scholars to reveal how microhistory can shed new light on classic novels and their marginal protagonists.
This is the first book to combine scholarship on the picaresque novel with microhistory. This innovative volume brings together expert scholars to reveal how microhistory can shed new light on classic novels and their marginal protagonists.
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Perspectives
Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Literature
Essays on Romantic, Victorian, and Modern literature, from Blake and Keats to Yeats. Marked by originality and simplicity, the discussion is as lucid and expository as it is deep and scholarly, making it accessible to non-specialist and academic readers.
Essays on Romantic, Victorian, and Modern literature, from Blake and Keats to Yeats. Marked by originality and simplicity, the discussion is as lucid and expository as it is deep and scholarly, making it accessible to non-specialist and academic readers.
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Critical Reception of Arundhati Roy
The Unsuitable Girl
Arundhati Roy is equally loved and disparaged. This book delves into the kaleidoscope of reactions to her writings that mediate her identity as a writer, activist and celebrity, exploring how factors from her Booker win to sedition charges shape how her work is read.
Arundhati Roy is equally loved and disparaged. This book delves into the kaleidoscope of reactions to her writings that mediate her identity as a writer, activist and celebrity, exploring how factors from her Booker win to sedition charges shape how her work is read.
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Stirring Age
Scott, Byron and the Historical Romance
This original study explores two giants of 19th century literature, Scott and Byron, and their experimental genre-splicing. They sought to return history and romance to their native complementarity, using the historical to revive romance models.
This original study explores two giants of 19th century literature, Scott and Byron, and their experimental genre-splicing. They sought to return history and romance to their native complementarity, using the historical to revive romance models.
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Literature, History, Choice
The Principle of Alternative History in Literature (S.Y. Agnon, The City with All That is Therein)
This study offers a new theory of alternative history. Through a key work by Nobel laureate S.Y. Agnon, it reveals this principle is not just a genre, but fundamental to the very act of reading—shaping plot, character, and imagination.
This study offers a new theory of alternative history. Through a key work by Nobel laureate S.Y. Agnon, it reveals this principle is not just a genre, but fundamental to the very act of reading—shaping plot, character, and imagination.
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Faulkner at Fifty
Tutors and Tyros
This collection focuses on teaching Faulkner and shows how he used other writers to shape his craft. It brings together new ways of reading his works, transforming his fiction into new meanings for the twenty-first century. A tribute to pioneers in Faulkner studies.
This collection focuses on teaching Faulkner and shows how he used other writers to shape his craft. It brings together new ways of reading his works, transforming his fiction into new meanings for the twenty-first century. A tribute to pioneers in Faulkner studies.
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Thy Truth Then Be Thy Dowry
Questions of Inheritance in American Women's Literature
This collection of essays offers new insights into inheritance in American women’s writing. Contributors examine women’s problematic relationship to their legacy, revealing strategies of resistance and empowerment used to cope with the burden or lack of inheritance.
This collection of essays offers new insights into inheritance in American women’s writing. Contributors examine women’s problematic relationship to their legacy, revealing strategies of resistance and empowerment used to cope with the burden or lack of inheritance.
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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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Totalitarianism and Literary Discourse
20th Century Experience
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.
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.
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