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The Evil, the Fated, the Biblical
The Latent Metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy
This book offers an existentialist theological approach to Cormac McCarthy's novels, focusing on the drama of evil and violence omnipresent in his work. It provides a complete picture of McCarthy’s contest with one of humanity's most troublesome issues.
This book offers an existentialist theological approach to Cormac McCarthy’s novels, focusing on the drama of evil and violence omnipresent in his work. It provides a complete picture of McCarthy’s contest with one of humanity’s most troublesome issues.
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The Other India
Narratives of Terror, Communalism and Violence
This book explores how identities and belonging are constructed in postcolonial India. Examining various texts and movies, it discusses how the nation is plagued by communal politics and terrorism, and offers a cogent alternative for creating solidarity.
This book explores how identities and belonging are constructed in postcolonial India. Examining various texts and movies, it discusses how the nation is plagued by communal politics and terrorism, and offers a cogent alternative for creating solidarity.
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Richard Dadd is a trickster, an Elizabethan Puck in a Victorian insane asylum. His existence foreshadows the inexplicable labyrinths of contemporary existence, entering the fragmented shards of today’s world long before the artists who would try to map it.
Richard Dadd is a trickster, an Elizabethan Puck in a Victorian insane asylum. His existence foreshadows the inexplicable labyrinths of contemporary existence, entering the fragmented shards of today’s world long before the artists who would try to map it.
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The Mysterious Connection between Thomas Nashe, Thomas Dekker, and T. M.
An English Renaissance Deception?
After writer Thomas Nashe was banished and his works banned, he vanished. Then, Thomas Dekker appeared, writing in Nashe’s exact style. Coincidence or deception? This book presents linguistic evidence that Nashe outwitted authorities by assuming a new identity.
After writer Thomas Nashe was banished and his works banned, he vanished. Then, Thomas Dekker appeared, writing in Nashe’s exact style. Coincidence or deception? This book presents linguistic evidence that Nashe outwitted authorities by assuming a new identity.
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Revolutionary Leaves
The Fiction of Mark Z. Danielewski
Hailed as the most exciting author in contemporary American literature, Mark Z. Danielewski's fiction is explored in Revolutionary Leaves. This collection of essays discusses his major works, House of Leaves and Only Revolutions, from a variety of perspectives.
Hailed as the most exciting author in contemporary American literature, Mark Z. Danielewski’s fiction is explored in Revolutionary Leaves. This collection of essays discusses his major works, House of Leaves and Only Revolutions, from a variety of perspectives.
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The Fragmenting Force of Memory
Self, Literary Style, and Civil War in Lebanon
This study is about cultural production that works through personal experiences of the civil war in Lebanon. It explores how writers and filmmakers reposition their sense of self from agent to casualty of history, unraveling self and circumstance through memory.
This study is about cultural production that works through personal experiences of the civil war in Lebanon. It explores how writers and filmmakers reposition their sense of self from agent to casualty of history, unraveling self and circumstance through memory.
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The House of Fiction as the House of Life
Representations of the House from Richardson to Woolf
Houses, the silent background to our lives, could many a tale unfold. This collection offers a transdisciplinary look at the paper houses of 18th and 19th century English literature, investigating haunted edifices, gendered spaces, and Gothic fiction.
Houses, the silent background to our lives, could many a tale unfold. This collection offers a transdisciplinary look at the paper houses of 18th and 19th century English literature, investigating haunted edifices, gendered spaces, and Gothic fiction.
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This new approach to G. Eliot’s thought focuses on her profound religious and spiritual quest in Silas Marner. The author shows how Eliot distinguishes religion from superstition and offers a new definition of faith, stressing the qualities of her art.
This new approach to G. Eliot’s thought focuses on her profound religious and spiritual quest in Silas Marner. The author shows how Eliot distinguishes religion from superstition and offers a new definition of faith, stressing the qualities of her art.
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“Don’t Disturb my Masterpiece!”
Towards an Ecology of Learning
This book explores a humanistic philosophy of learning where rational inquiry, emotions, and morality form a continuum. It proposes a holistic model that values learners' genuine struggle to realize their humane masterpieces.
This book explores a humanistic philosophy of learning where rational inquiry, emotions, and morality form a continuum. It proposes a holistic model that values learners’ genuine struggle to realize their humane masterpieces.
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Barrie, Hook, and Peter Pan
Studies in Contemporary Myth; Estudios sobre un mito contemporáneo
He is the boy who will never grow up, yet he is over a century old. A powerful icon, he seems to have been floating in our culture forever. This book is a tribute to this dear, mysterious, and seductive character who is now more alive than ever.
He is the boy who will never grow up, yet he is over a century old. A powerful icon, he seems to have been floating in our culture forever. This book is a tribute to this dear, mysterious, and seductive character who is now more alive than ever.
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The Wounds of Possibility
Essays on George Steiner
This timely volume offers an in-depth study of George Steiner, one of our most provocative thinkers. Leading scholars reflect on the relation between ethics and literature, philosophy and art, providing the most comprehensive engagement with Steiner’s work to date.
This timely volume offers an in-depth study of George Steiner, one of our most provocative thinkers. Leading scholars reflect on the relation between ethics and literature, philosophy and art, providing the most comprehensive engagement with Steiner’s work to date.
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American Literary-Political Engagements
From Poe to James
From Poe to James, 19th-century authors confronted their era's most urgent political questions. This book reveals how they transformed debates on democracy, social justice, and law into powerful and enduring works of literary art.
From Poe to James, 19th-century authors confronted their era’s most urgent political questions. This book reveals how they transformed debates on democracy, social justice, and law into powerful and enduring works of literary art.
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Graphic History
Essays on Graphic Novels And/As History
This collection of essays explores the unique ways graphic novels shed new light on history. Analyzing writers from Art Spiegelman (Maus) to Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis), these essays cover subjects from Jack the Ripper to the Iranian Revolution.
This collection of essays explores the unique ways graphic novels shed new light on history. Analyzing writers from Art Spiegelman (Maus) to Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis), these essays cover subjects from Jack the Ripper to the Iranian Revolution.
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Where is Shakespeare in the 21st century? In global cinema, graphic novels, sci-fi television, and Jewish revenge films. This collection assesses the active world of Shakespearean adaptation, considering where he is now and where his works might be going.
Where is Shakespeare in the 21st century? In global cinema, graphic novels, sci-fi television, and Jewish revenge films. This collection assesses the active world of Shakespearean adaptation, considering where he is now and where his works might be going.
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A World of Lost Innocence
The Fiction of Elizabeth Bowen
A World of Lost Innocence charts the psychological journey from innocence to experience in Elizabeth Bowen's fiction, exploring her characters' confrontations with identity, sexuality, and politics.
A World of Lost Innocence charts the psychological journey from innocence to experience in Elizabeth Bowen’s fiction, exploring her characters’ confrontations with identity, sexuality, and politics.
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This study applies postcolonial theory to Eastern Europe, arguing that ideological domination engenders similar forms of cultural resistance. It offers a comparative framework, revealing a shared imaginative space in authors like Milan Kundera and Salman Rushdie.
This study applies postcolonial theory to Eastern Europe, arguing that ideological domination engenders similar forms of cultural resistance. It offers a comparative framework, revealing a shared imaginative space in authors like Milan Kundera and Salman Rushdie.
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Florida Studies
Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association
This volume contains essays on Florida literature and history. The first section focuses on the college classroom, while "Old Florida" explores writers like Zora Neale Hurston and Jack Kerouac. The final section identifies the state’s place within larger traditions.
This volume contains essays on Florida literature and history. The first section focuses on the college classroom, while “Old Florida” explores writers like Zora Neale Hurston and Jack Kerouac. The final section identifies the state’s place within larger traditions.
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Narrative is the Essence of History
Essays on the Historical Novel
The historical novel was once admired, then disparaged by critics, though it always remained popular. Now, it is again receiving critical praise. What is the essence of historical fiction? Why is it such a resilient genre? What is its future?
The historical novel was once admired, then disparaged by critics, though it always remained popular. Now, it is again receiving critical praise. What is the essence of historical fiction? Why is it such a resilient genre? What is its future?
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Dancing the Tao
Le Guin and Moral Development
This book takes an original approach to Ursula K. Le Guin’s work, linking her Taoist upbringing to moral development. It emphasizes her depiction of child abuse and its aftereffects, exploring how morality develops through self-awareness and voice.
This book takes an original approach to Ursula K. Le Guin’s work, linking her Taoist upbringing to moral development. It emphasizes her depiction of child abuse and its aftereffects, exploring how morality develops through self-awareness and voice.
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Levity of Design
Man and Modernity in the Poetry of J. H. Prynne
Is it still possible to think of the human subject as a viable category? This book demonstrates how J. H. Prynne’s poetry overcomes the impasse of poststructuralism, developing a language in which the notion of man can be restituted.
Is it still possible to think of the human subject as a viable category? This book demonstrates how J. H. Prynne’s poetry overcomes the impasse of poststructuralism, developing a language in which the notion of man can be restituted.
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