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Shakespeare’s Double-Dealing Comedies
Deciphering the “Problem Plays”
Are Shakespeare’s pure heroines secretly obscene? Is Henry V’s barbarism a hilarious parody? This book argues that when the Bard seems inept, he’s at his most subversive. Rethink what you know and discover the hidden satire in his greatest works.
Are Shakespeare’s pure heroines secretly obscene? Is Henry V’s barbarism a hilarious parody? This book argues that when the Bard seems inept, he’s at his most subversive. Rethink what you know and discover the hidden satire in his greatest works.
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Thinking European(s)
New Geographies of Place, Cultures and Identities
In a changing Europe of clashing identities, Thinking European(s) brings new geographies alive. It fosters active, reflective citizens by stimulating critical thinking through case studies from across Europe and the United States.
In a changing Europe of clashing identities, Thinking European(s) brings new geographies alive. It fosters active, reflective citizens by stimulating critical thinking through case studies from across Europe and the United States.
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Migrancy, Memory and Repossession
Women on the Historical Margins
This book explores the hidden histories of women artists on the periphery of mainstream society. By analysing their representations of “marginal” groups like Travellers and Roma, it uncovers new conclusions about the relationships between different cultures.
This book explores the hidden histories of women artists on the periphery of mainstream society. By analysing their representations of “marginal” groups like Travellers and Roma, it uncovers new conclusions about the relationships between different cultures.
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This volume explores Robert Louis Stevenson’s connection to Europe, revealing how French culture shaped his achievements. It explains his influence on writers like Proust and Calvino and why he remained an admired model for Europeans.
This volume explores Robert Louis Stevenson’s connection to Europe, revealing how French culture shaped his achievements. It explains his influence on writers like Proust and Calvino and why he remained an admired model for Europeans.
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Emerald Green
An Ecocritical Study of Irish Literature
Emerald Green is an ecocritical study of Irish literature's reverence for the natural world. It examines writers from ancient hermit poets to modern naturalists, exploring how Ireland’s landscape—shaped by famine, loss, and rebirth—defines its literature.
Emerald Green is an ecocritical study of Irish literature’s reverence for the natural world. It examines writers from ancient hermit poets to modern naturalists, exploring how Ireland’s landscape—shaped by famine, loss, and rebirth—defines its literature.
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Lucian, a 2nd-century satirist, composed the Dialogues of the Sea Gods: a collection of amusing dialogues between figures from Greek myth. This volume examines his work, contemporary views on myth, and the flourishing of Greek culture under Roman rule.
Lucian, a 2nd-century satirist, composed the Dialogues of the Sea Gods: a collection of amusing dialogues between figures from Greek myth. This volume examines his work, contemporary views on myth, and the flourishing of Greek culture under Roman rule.
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These essays explore theatre as a spiritual practice rooted in action and breathing. Performance can shift consciousness for both performer and audience, with healing effects that engage deeper levels of imagination where dualities disappear.
These essays explore theatre as a spiritual practice rooted in action and breathing. Performance can shift consciousness for both performer and audience, with healing effects that engage deeper levels of imagination where dualities disappear.
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“The Turn of the Hand”
A Memoir from the Irish Margins
This memoir, written by an “insider,” recalls the lives of the Irish Traveller community during an era of enormous social and cultural change. It tells the stories of a people whose history has often been forgotten or relegated to the cultural margins.
This memoir, written by an “insider,” recalls the lives of the Irish Traveller community during an era of enormous social and cultural change. It tells the stories of a people whose history has often been forgotten or relegated to the cultural margins.
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One World Periphery Reads the Other
Knowing the “Oriental” in the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula
These essays study the decentering interplay between “peripheral” areas and marginalized social groups. They explore rich “South-South” cross-cultural exchanges that disrupt the center-periphery dichotomy, creating multiple centers without Western mediation.
These essays study the decentering interplay between “peripheral” areas and marginalized social groups. They explore rich “South-South” cross-cultural exchanges that disrupt the center-periphery dichotomy, creating multiple centers without Western mediation.
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Language Education Today
Between Theory and Practice
For modern language teachers, these essays explore the tension between linguistic identity and multilingualism, covering language education, English language teaching, and key linguistic issues.
For modern language teachers, these essays explore the tension between linguistic identity and multilingualism, covering language education, English language teaching, and key linguistic issues.
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Rising from the Ruins
Roman Antiquities in Neoclassic Literature
John Dyer’s The Ruins of Rome (1740) revived a subgenre of landscape poetry dealing with the ancient world. Viewing relics as monuments of grandeur and impending death, these poets included personal emotions, a key element in the development of Romanticism.
John Dyer’s The Ruins of Rome (1740) revived a subgenre of landscape poetry dealing with the ancient world. Viewing relics as monuments of grandeur and impending death, these poets included personal emotions, a key element in the development of Romanticism.
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Before Shakespeare, prefigurement and echo were not unknown. But the vast echoism—continuing forward and backward references—utilized in his tragedies was rare. Through metaphoric resonance, he revealed meanings lost without it. Who, even now, does this?
Before Shakespeare, prefigurement and echo were not unknown. But the vast echoism—continuing forward and backward references—utilized in his tragedies was rare. Through metaphoric resonance, he revealed meanings lost without it. Who, even now, does this?
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These essays from international experts highlight the growing interdisciplinary interest in the relationship between human consciousness and the arts. The collection reflects a wide range of approaches to theatre, literature, film, fine arts, and music.
These essays from international experts highlight the growing interdisciplinary interest in the relationship between human consciousness and the arts. The collection reflects a wide range of approaches to theatre, literature, film, fine arts, and music.
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The satires of Lucian of Samosata targeted everyone from cult-leaders to the rich and powerful. This volume focuses on what his works show us about the intellectual, political, religious, and everyday life of the vibrant Imperial period.
The satires of Lucian of Samosata targeted everyone from cult-leaders to the rich and powerful. This volume focuses on what his works show us about the intellectual, political, religious, and everyday life of the vibrant Imperial period.
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Embodying an Image
Gender and Genre in a Selection of Children’s Responses to Picturebooks and Illustrated Texts
This book applies feminist cultural analysis to picturebooks, offering fresh insights into the gendered politics of identity. It investigates the child’s perspective and the power of visual imagery to embody the fantasies and desires of young children.
This book applies feminist cultural analysis to picturebooks, offering fresh insights into the gendered politics of identity. It investigates the child’s perspective and the power of visual imagery to embody the fantasies and desires of young children.
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Experience and New Venture Performance
An Exploration of Founder Perceptions
Does an entrepreneur’s experience predict success? Common sense says yes, but current research suggests otherwise. A founder’s prior experience can have a positive or negative impact. This book explores these inconsistencies through in-depth case studies.
Does an entrepreneur’s experience predict success? Common sense says yes, but current research suggests otherwise. A founder’s prior experience can have a positive or negative impact. This book explores these inconsistencies through in-depth case studies.
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Friends Watching Friends
American Television in Egypt
This study explores American television's impact in Egypt, using the sitcom Friends as a focal point. It examines how Egyptian women view American influence and form ideas about Americans, celebrating a diversity of opinions and cultural heritage.
This study explores American television’s impact in Egypt, using the sitcom Friends as a focal point. It examines how Egyptian women view American influence and form ideas about Americans, celebrating a diversity of opinions and cultural heritage.
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This volume is a political, social, and economic history of Zimbabwe from 1890 to 2008. Including topics such as women’s and human rights, this study brings the history of Zimbabwe almost up to the present day, superseding older volumes.
This volume is a political, social, and economic history of Zimbabwe from 1890 to 2008. Including topics such as women’s and human rights, this study brings the history of Zimbabwe almost up to the present day, superseding older volumes.
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The Mystery of Hamlet
A Solution
Hamlet kills Polonius thinking he is Claudius. Yet he cannot kill Claudius. Why? Shakespeare understood the Freudian slip centuries before Freud, using hints to reveal the secrets of a disillusioned idealist's tragically conscientious character.
Hamlet kills Polonius thinking he is Claudius. Yet he cannot kill Claudius. Why? Shakespeare understood the Freudian slip centuries before Freud, using hints to reveal the secrets of a disillusioned idealist’s tragically conscientious character.
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This book is about musical canons and de-canonizing music history. Its main goal is to deconstruct these canons: to analyze and problematize them in their variety through artistic encounters where art meets popular, ethnic meets education, and avantgarde meets mainstream.
This book is about musical canons and de-canonizing music history. Its main goal is to deconstruct these canons: to analyze and problematize them in their variety through artistic encounters where art meets popular, ethnic meets education, and avantgarde meets mainstream.
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