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The term ‘border’ has become a ploy for chauvinism and ultra-nationalist bigotry, with notorious coverage in media, cinema, and literature. This volume explores a wide range of literary, linguistic, and media representations of the ‘border.’
The term ‘border’ has become a ploy for chauvinism and ultra-nationalist bigotry, with notorious coverage in media, cinema, and literature. This volume explores a wide range of literary, linguistic, and media representations of the ‘border.’
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A Reading of Virgil’s Aeneid Book 2
The Fall of Troy
For students and the general reader, this book offers a detailed literary analysis of Virgil’s Aeneid 2, one of the most famous parts of the poem. It enhances critical appreciation and enjoyment, making the epic come alive with exercises and topics to extend engagement.
For students and the general reader, this book offers a detailed literary analysis of Virgil’s Aeneid 2, one of the most famous parts of the poem. It enhances critical appreciation and enjoyment, making the epic come alive with exercises and topics to extend engagement.
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Literature, Theory and the History of Ideas
An Updated Compendium
How do power structures shape our notions of identity, gender, and culture? This collection interrogates these crucial questions across literature, film, and cultural theory, making it a vital resource for scholars and students.
How do power structures shape our notions of identity, gender, and culture? This collection interrogates these crucial questions across literature, film, and cultural theory, making it a vital resource for scholars and students.
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The Quality of Life
Essays on Cultural Politics, 1978-2018
Spanning 40 years, these essays explore the political dimensions of cultural life. They include seminal papers that pioneered the concept of Cultural Democracy and close readings of novels and plays that explore how all forms of self-expression have a political message.
Spanning 40 years, these essays explore the political dimensions of cultural life. They include seminal papers that pioneered the concept of Cultural Democracy and close readings of novels and plays that explore how all forms of self-expression have a political message.
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This book examines literary and cultural representations of old age in Africa. Using ageism as its central theme, it explores the ambiguity associated with the elderly, who are often highly venerated for their wisdom but also stereotyped because of their advanced age.
This book examines literary and cultural representations of old age in Africa. Using ageism as its central theme, it explores the ambiguity associated with the elderly, who are often highly venerated for their wisdom but also stereotyped because of their advanced age.
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This collection offers fresh perspectives on Gissing’s place in fin-de-siècle literature. Interdisciplinary readings place him in dialogue with figures from Dickens to Foucault, challenging his status as a simple realist and revealing his complex modernity.
This collection offers fresh perspectives on Gissing’s place in fin-de-siècle literature. Interdisciplinary readings place him in dialogue with figures from Dickens to Foucault, challenging his status as a simple realist and revealing his complex modernity.
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Essays in Narrative and Fictionality
Reassessing Nine Central Concepts
By one of postclassical narrative theory's preeminent figures, this book reexamines foundational topics from the role of the author to the nature of fiction. It argues for a more expansive conception of narrative theory, making crucial interventions in ongoing critical debates.
By one of postclassical narrative theory’s preeminent figures, this book reexamines foundational topics from the role of the author to the nature of fiction. It argues for a more expansive conception of narrative theory, making crucial interventions in ongoing critical debates.
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This book provides a comparative study of the Sartrean no-self and the Deleuzean rhizomic self, tracing the shift from Sartre’s nihilistic self in modernist fiction to the celebratory Deleuzean self in postmodernism, which may be a possible alternative for survival in crisis.
This book provides a comparative study of the Sartrean no-self and the Deleuzean rhizomic self, tracing the shift from Sartre’s nihilistic self in modernist fiction to the celebratory Deleuzean self in postmodernism, which may be a possible alternative for survival in crisis.
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Mobilizing Narratives
Narrating Injustices of (Im)Mobility
In a world defined by forced migration, who is free to move and who is not? This volume uncovers the injustices of (im)mobility—driven by war, climate change, and inequality—as powerfully represented in literary texts.
In a world defined by forced migration, who is free to move and who is not? This volume uncovers the injustices of (im)mobility—driven by war, climate change, and inequality—as powerfully represented in literary texts.
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Towards a Theory of Whodunits
Murder Rewritten
This volume follows the evolution of detective fiction from the late eighteenth century to its contemporary multi-media expressions. Tackling well-known and forgotten authors, classic texts, and films, the book explores the impact of whodunits on highbrow and popular culture.
This volume follows the evolution of detective fiction from the late eighteenth century to its contemporary multi-media expressions. Tackling well-known and forgotten authors, classic texts, and films, the book explores the impact of whodunits on highbrow and popular culture.
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As we awaken to environmental crises, climate fiction (cli-fi) depicts our transformed Earth. This book analyzes apocalyptic works of literature, media, and art, shedding light on the inevitable interconnection of humankind with the nonhuman environment.
As we awaken to environmental crises, climate fiction (cli-fi) depicts our transformed Earth. This book analyzes apocalyptic works of literature, media, and art, shedding light on the inevitable interconnection of humankind with the nonhuman environment.
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English Writings from Northeast India
Of Inclusions, Exclusions and Beyond
This volume explores English writings from Northeast India, analysing issues of ethnicity, identity, migration, and insurgency born from ongoing conflicts. These are voices from the periphery answering the mainstream and re-examining their own history.
This volume explores English writings from Northeast India, analysing issues of ethnicity, identity, migration, and insurgency born from ongoing conflicts. These are voices from the periphery answering the mainstream and re-examining their own history.
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This collection re-examines the work and life of Arthur Conan Doyle from multiple perspectives. It considers overlooked aspects of his oeuvre, offering fresh perspectives on his fiction and his relationship to contemporary writers and movements.
This collection re-examines the work and life of Arthur Conan Doyle from multiple perspectives. It considers overlooked aspects of his oeuvre, offering fresh perspectives on his fiction and his relationship to contemporary writers and movements.
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Explore the wanderings of Odysseus in books 5-13 of Homer's Odyssey. This guide provides a readable translation, summaries, and in-depth analysis to enhance your enjoyment of the epic's most famous segment. It also includes exercises and topics for further investigation.
Explore the wanderings of Odysseus in books 5-13 of Homer’s Odyssey. This guide provides a readable translation, summaries, and in-depth analysis to enhance your enjoyment of the epic’s most famous segment. It also includes exercises and topics for further investigation.
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Mythology offers cultural codes essential to the construction of culture and identity. This volume compares mythological elements in contemporary narratives with the motifs of classical narratives, and investigates their functions through semiotics and narratology.
Mythology offers cultural codes essential to the construction of culture and identity. This volume compares mythological elements in contemporary narratives with the motifs of classical narratives, and investigates their functions through semiotics and narratology.
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This overview of modern Arabic poetry is seen through its leading exponents: Salim Barakat, Mahmud Darwish, and Adunis. Unsurpassed translations reveal how Barakat’s poetry re-invents Kurdish culture, throwing new light on the output of his friend Mahmud Darwish.
This overview of modern Arabic poetry is seen through its leading exponents: Salim Barakat, Mahmud Darwish, and Adunis. Unsurpassed translations reveal how Barakat’s poetry re-invents Kurdish culture, throwing new light on the output of his friend Mahmud Darwish.
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Repeating Words, Retelling Stories
Repetition, Variation, and Serial Significance in Literature
In literature, repetition does more than re-enforce a concept; it creates new meaning. This book explores examples from Homer, Virgil, and Ovid, and draws on neuro-cognitive science to show why repetition is an unavoidable staple of any text.
In literature, repetition does more than re-enforce a concept; it creates new meaning. This book explores examples from Homer, Virgil, and Ovid, and draws on neuro-cognitive science to show why repetition is an unavoidable staple of any text.
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P. Papinius Statius Volume V
Siluae, Readings and Conjectures
The first-century AD poet Statius wrote epics and the Siluae, a collection of occasional poems. This volume provides a comprehensive conspectus of manuscript readings of the Siluae, with a complete register of conjectures by modern scholars.
The first-century AD poet Statius wrote epics and the Siluae, a collection of occasional poems. This volume provides a comprehensive conspectus of manuscript readings of the Siluae, with a complete register of conjectures by modern scholars.
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This book introduces the critical issues in Shakespeare’s plays. What is the secret of a character like Falstaff? What philosophical arguments do the problem plays introduce? What is the value of Shakespeare’s perspective for thinking effectively in our world now?
This book introduces the critical issues in Shakespeare’s plays. What is the secret of a character like Falstaff? What philosophical arguments do the problem plays introduce? What is the value of Shakespeare’s perspective for thinking effectively in our world now?
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While the 1588 Spanish Armada is famous, its impact on literature has long been neglected. This book presents the conflict through the literature of both nations, offering a view from Spanish and English voices: Shakespeare and Marlowe are flanked by Cervantes and Lope de Vega.
While the 1588 Spanish Armada is famous, its impact on literature has long been neglected. This book presents the conflict through the literature of both nations, offering a view from Spanish and English voices: Shakespeare and Marlowe are flanked by Cervantes and Lope de Vega.
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