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The Shakespearean Search for Archetypes
The Mirror and the Signet
Shakespeare’s mythopoetic figures are not transcendental but are batteries of condensed cultural meaning. This book finds in these archetypes the explanation for why his work responds through time to perspectives as different as psychological, feminist, and postcolonial.
Shakespeare’s mythopoetic figures are not transcendental but are batteries of condensed cultural meaning. This book finds in these archetypes the explanation for why his work responds through time to perspectives as different as psychological, feminist, and postcolonial.
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International Perspectives on Multilingual Literatures
From Translingualism to Language Mixing
This collection of essays charts interactions between majority and minority languages. Through case studies of authors like Elena Ferrante, Yoko Tawada, and Dylan Thomas, it explores migration, self-translation, language death, and power in (post-)colonial contexts.
This collection of essays charts interactions between majority and minority languages. Through case studies of authors like Elena Ferrante, Yoko Tawada, and Dylan Thomas, it explores migration, self-translation, language death, and power in (post-)colonial contexts.
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Mobile Identities
Race, Ethnicity, and Borders in Contemporary Literature and Culture
Through international case studies, this volume uses border studies, postcolonial discourse, and globalization theory to explore identity. It argues that identities are mobile and in flux, challenging stereotypes and revealing ethnicity as a complex category.
Through international case studies, this volume uses border studies, postcolonial discourse, and globalization theory to explore identity. It argues that identities are mobile and in flux, challenging stereotypes and revealing ethnicity as a complex category.
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The Making of the Modern Greeks
1400-1820
How did the Modern Greeks re-emerge on the historical stage after centuries of obscurity? This book examines the formation of New Hellenism, showing how various social groups differentiated themselves from the Ottoman system to create a distinct economic and cultural space.
How did the Modern Greeks re-emerge on the historical stage after centuries of obscurity? This book examines the formation of New Hellenism, showing how various social groups differentiated themselves from the Ottoman system to create a distinct economic and cultural space.
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This book focuses on Maurice Chapelan’s poetry and aphorisms. His poems encompass the essence of the man, his heart and soul, whereas his aphorisms express his philosophy. A master of the prose poem, Chapelan was a moralist and a fine practitioner of l’humour noir.
This book focuses on Maurice Chapelan’s poetry and aphorisms. His poems encompass the essence of the man, his heart and soul, whereas his aphorisms express his philosophy. A master of the prose poem, Chapelan was a moralist and a fine practitioner of l’humour noir.
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Charles D’Oyly’s Lost Satire of British India
Tom Raw, the Griffin, 1828
Suppressed upon its 1828 publication, this lost satiric epic is a wickedly funny critique of British India. Written and illustrated by an insider—an artist serving the empire—it reveals the fault lines of colonial rule through a young cadet's eyes.
Suppressed upon its 1828 publication, this lost satiric epic is a wickedly funny critique of British India. Written and illustrated by an insider—an artist serving the empire—it reveals the fault lines of colonial rule through a young cadet’s eyes.
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The Inklings and Culture
A Harvest of Scholarship from the Inklings Institute of Canada
How did authors like C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien come to shape the imagination of millions? This first collection of its kind explores the legacy of their diverse literary art—inspired by Christian faith—that continues to speak hope into a hurting and deeply divided world.
How did authors like C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien come to shape the imagination of millions? This first collection of its kind explores the legacy of their diverse literary art—inspired by Christian faith—that continues to speak hope into a hurting and deeply divided world.
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This panoramic view of the Shi‘ite presence in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula examines the seminal role of Shi‘ite Imams, dynasties, revolts, and scholars. By re-examining the religious and political history of the region, this work makes a revolutionary contribution.
This panoramic view of the Shi‘ite presence in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula examines the seminal role of Shi‘ite Imams, dynasties, revolts, and scholars. By re-examining the religious and political history of the region, this work makes a revolutionary contribution.
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We are shaped by the places we inhabit, but what about characters who never change? This collection explores juvenile series books, where protagonists like Nancy Drew demonstrate that their impact on space is far greater than its impact on them—an exercise in spatial authority.
We are shaped by the places we inhabit, but what about characters who never change? This collection explores juvenile series books, where protagonists like Nancy Drew demonstrate that their impact on space is far greater than its impact on them—an exercise in spatial authority.
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Uncovering the hidden history of Shi'ism in North Africa and al-Andalus, this book offers the first English translations of Morisco traditions. It reveals their original works, study of diverse Shi'ite sources, and a vibrant faith that rewrites the region's history.
Uncovering the hidden history of Shi’ism in North Africa and al-Andalus, this book offers the first English translations of Morisco traditions. It reveals their original works, study of diverse Shi’ite sources, and a vibrant faith that rewrites the region’s history.
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This book explores how Shakespeare used pagan mythology to reframe the Christian conflicts of his day. It offers a powerful new reading of The Winter’s Tale, one of his most spiritually rich and emotionally demanding plays.
This book explores how Shakespeare used pagan mythology to reframe the Christian conflicts of his day. It offers a powerful new reading of The Winter’s Tale, one of his most spiritually rich and emotionally demanding plays.
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Reflections on Poetry and the World
Walking along the Hudson
This collection brings together 40 years of essays by philosopher Emily Grosholz. She brings poetry into relation with ethics, politics, science, and imagination, admiring all the more the distinct wisdom of poetry. These essays show how poetry deepens our understanding of life.
This collection brings together 40 years of essays by philosopher Emily Grosholz. She brings poetry into relation with ethics, politics, science, and imagination, admiring all the more the distinct wisdom of poetry. These essays show how poetry deepens our understanding of life.
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Slow violence is the gradual environmental catastrophe harming the poor. While often associated with the Global South, this book reveals its devastating impact in America, concentrating on Illinois and Appalachia and exploring its reflection in literature.
Slow violence is the gradual environmental catastrophe harming the poor. While often associated with the Global South, this book reveals its devastating impact in America, concentrating on Illinois and Appalachia and exploring its reflection in literature.
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Mapping the Postcolonial Domestic in the Works of Vargas Llosa and Mukundan
Tales of the Threshold
A pioneering analysis of postcolonialism through the lens of the domestic. This study challenges the limits of Western theory, forging new methods to understand the ‘inner’ realm of colonial experience and its overlooked histories.
A pioneering analysis of postcolonialism through the lens of the domestic. This study challenges the limits of Western theory, forging new methods to understand the ‘inner’ realm of colonial experience and its overlooked histories.
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This book explores human universals in literature, cinema, and language. Scholars reveal how shared practices and concerns—from myth and trauma to identity—form a basis for intercultural communication, bridging gaps of misinformation across spatial and temporal boundaries.
This book explores human universals in literature, cinema, and language. Scholars reveal how shared practices and concerns—from myth and trauma to identity—form a basis for intercultural communication, bridging gaps of misinformation across spatial and temporal boundaries.
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Mistress, Mother, Muse
An Exploration of the Female in Modern and Contemporary Mediterranean Literature
Palaska fills a vacuum in comparative literary studies in laying the foundations for Mediterraneanism to develop as an area in literary studies. She discusses aspects of female liminality, including motherhood, sexuality and creativity, in three distinctive Mediterranean cultures
Palaska fills a vacuum in comparative literary studies in laying the foundations for Mediterraneanism to develop as an area in literary studies. She discusses aspects of female liminality, including motherhood, sexuality and creativity, in three distinctive Mediterranean cultures
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Molecular structure is fundamental to chemistry, yet no one has ever seen it, nor can it be derived from quantum mechanics. Is what chemists take to be molecular structure real? This book addresses this head-on, exploring the grounds of a core concept of chemistry.
Molecular structure is fundamental to chemistry, yet no one has ever seen it, nor can it be derived from quantum mechanics. Is what chemists take to be molecular structure real? This book addresses this head-on, exploring the grounds of a core concept of chemistry.
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The Spectre of Defeat in Post-War British and US Literature
Experience, Memory and Post-Memory
History is written by the victors. But what if they perceive themselves as defeated? This collection examines how a sense of defeat undermines the certainties of victory, exploring UK and US fiction since WWI to offer an account of the victorious-yet-somehow-defeated.
History is written by the victors. But what if they perceive themselves as defeated? This collection examines how a sense of defeat undermines the certainties of victory, exploring UK and US fiction since WWI to offer an account of the victorious-yet-somehow-defeated.
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This is the first critical analysis of the physician as detective. Exploring the similarity between a medical “case study” and a mystery, this book reviews major authors from R. Austin Freeman to Patricia Cornwell. It will appeal to mystery fans and medical professionals alike.
This is the first critical analysis of the physician as detective. Exploring the similarity between a medical “case study” and a mystery, this book reviews major authors from R. Austin Freeman to Patricia Cornwell. It will appeal to mystery fans and medical professionals alike.
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Reading Old English Wisdom
The Fetters in the Frost
This book translates and comments on a selection of superb Old English wisdom poems. Composed from the ninth to eleventh centuries, they mingle Christian beliefs with pre-Christian sensibilities, exploring how the human psyche responds to life's challenges.
This book translates and comments on a selection of superb Old English wisdom poems. Composed from the ninth to eleventh centuries, they mingle Christian beliefs with pre-Christian sensibilities, exploring how the human psyche responds to life’s challenges.
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