Literature – Page 74 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Alternative Spaces, Identity and Language in Afrofuturist Writing

By: Tugba Akman Kaplan

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For some Afrofuturists, going beyond the human is a response to the long struggle for equality. While the term is new, this book argues the ideas are not, tracing roots back over a hundred years and comparing proto-Afrofuturist authors with writer Octavia Butler.

Gynocritics and the Traversals of Women’s Writing

Intersections of Diverse Critical Essays

Edited By: Hemant Verma, Ajit Kumar, Rafseena M.

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This volume's scholarly articles use feminist approaches to re-read male-centered narratives, revealing how women's rights and roles have been historically undermined. The book offers a space for scholars to contribute to the development of a more egalitarian world.

This volume’s scholarly articles use feminist approaches to re-read male-centered narratives, revealing how women’s rights and roles have been historically undermined. The book offers a space for scholars to contribute to the development of a more egalitarian world.

Dissidence and Activism in Festus Iyayi’s Fiction

By: Hodabalou Anate

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This book discusses intellectual militancy and activism in Festus Iyayi’s literary works. It shows how this activism impacts marginalized individuals who struggle for social justice, and will appeal to those interested in human rights, power dynamics, and state violence.

The Grand Tour Diary of Frederica Murray, 1819-1820

By: Mark Guscin

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In 1819, Lady Frederica Murray kept a diary on one of the last Grand Tours. Never before published, this diary is a fascinating look at Europe through the eyes of an observant 19-year-old whose opinions on art, society, and travel were often remarkably open and cutting.

Black British Women’s Writing in the 1970s and Beyond

Away from Home

Edited By: Camille S. Alexander

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This collection of essays examines Black British women writers published from the 1970s to the 2000s. Connected to the UK through migration yet attached to their cultural origins, their work explores a crucial question: how were they able to conceptualise ‘home’ in their fiction?

Essays on Machiavelli’s Conventional Piety, Literary Inspirations, and Pre-Christian Preoccupation

By: Maximilian Burkard

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Uncovering Machiavelli's sources, from Livy to Boccaccio, these essays trace surprising connections to Shakespeare and Mantegna, revealing how and why Christian authors drew on the pre-Christian world.

Uncovering Machiavelli’s sources, from Livy to Boccaccio, these essays trace surprising connections to Shakespeare and Mantegna, revealing how and why Christian authors drew on the pre-Christian world.

Displacing Female Bodies on the Eighteenth-Century Stage

By: John Robbins

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Why did successful women playwrights of the Romantic period silence their female characters? This book argues they incorporated the suppressions they faced into their works, turning gaps in representation into powerful, non-traditional strategies of resistance.

Ecofeminism and Allied Issues

Edited By: Dipanwita Pal, Prasun Banerjee

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Ecofeminism explores the interconnections between feminism and ecology. This volume takes a multi-disciplinary approach to address the most pertinent issues in this emerging field, examining them from various perspectives to avoid any hegemonic categorization.

African Languages, Literatures, and Postcolonial Modernity

Edited By: Samba Camara, Mohamed Mwamzandi

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This book offers a fresh look into the “languages of postcolonial modernity” in Africa. It investigates how African languages and literatures—in novels, film, poetry, and music—have embodied and mediated modernity while documenting the legacies of colonialism.

Studies in the Victorian and Neo-Victorian Novel

Edited By: Adrian Radu

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This volume’s ten studies analyze Victorian and Neo-Victorian novels. The authors investigate preserved or recycled Victorian themes and discuss how key issues like gender, sexuality, race, and empire are used to update the great tradition for a new age.

Rediscovering Women Writers of Wartime London

Shining a Spotlight onto the Blitzed City

By: Evelina Garay Collcutt

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This book shows the war-stricken city through the eyes of five women writers whose long-neglected novels vividly portray life in the Blitz. This new appraisal of their work highlights the social changes taking place, especially in the lives of women, in those turbulent times.

Reconstructing Female Sexuality and Deconstructing Male Anxiety

Black Hole or Living Hall?

By: Gizem Serdar Ömür

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Challenging patriarchal narratives, this study explores the symbolism of female genitalia in literature and myth. It celebrates female procreational power, positioning the reproductive body as an enduring gateway between animate and inanimate realms—both alluring and repelling.

The Change in Female Subjectivity in Women’s Fiction

By: Hasibe Ambarcıoğlu

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Using Kristevan theory, this book studies female characters from novels as “subjects in process” overcoming psychological maladies. It traces how female subjectivity has changed throughout the Feminist Waves, from the Victorian period to the Third Wave.

Three Hundred Chinese Cut Verses, Ci and Sanqu with English Translations

By: Yongsheng Cheng

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This anthology includes three hundred Chinese metric verses exploring Chinese culture and the author’s personal life. All verses are written in Chinese with English translations and notes, making this collection ideal for readers interested in Chinese verse or culture at large.

Anti-Heroes in the Works of Easton Ellis, Coe, Martel and Tsiolkas

Masculinity in Crisis

By: Panos Gerakis

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What does it mean to be “a man” today? This book delves into the shame, struggle, and precariousness inherent in modern masculinity. Through the lens of characters in contemporary novels, it illuminates the overlooked, vulnerable nature of the masculine experience.

Critical Perspectives on Resistance in 21st-Century British Literature

Edited By: Nilay Erdem Ayyıldız

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This book is an intellectual journey through the critical perspectives on resistance in 21st-century British literature. It appeals to readers interested in cultural studies, literary studies, the humanities, and sociology, particularly resistance and discourse studies.

New Horizons in International Comparative Literature

Edited By: Cao Shunqing, Theo D'haen, Yang Qing, Zhai Lu, Zhou Shu, Li Shen, Xia Tian

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Bringing together renowned scholars, this volume offers a multi-dimensional view of comparative and world literature. It illuminates the future of literary studies in a cross-culturalized world for scholars and interested readers alike.

Post-Millennial Cultures of Fear in Literature

Fear, Risk and Safety

Edited By: Mustafa Kirca, Adelheid Rundholz

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This volume investigates our contemporary “cultures of fear.” Original articles explore post-millennial works ranging from political fictions and trauma narratives to literary disaster discourses and apocalyptic scenarios, using insights from multiple disciplines.

Critical Readings of the Works of Ngugi wa Thiong’o

Edited By: Gambo Sani

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This collection of essays on Ngugi wa Thiong’o, one of the most important postcolonial writers, offers fresh insights into his artistic oeuvre. The volume animates Ngugi’s politics, poetics, and commitment to decolonisation, covering his novels, plays, and scholarly works.

Public Theology and the Importance of Visual Culture

By: Toine van den Hoogen

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As our culture increasingly communicates through images, public theology must engage with this field. The potency of images is an uncharted force compelling us to reassess our interpretation of religion and propelling theology towards a future yet to be discovered.