Britain and Italy in the Long Eighteenth Century
These essays explore the literature, aesthetics, music, and art of the long eighteenth century, with a focus on cultural transfers between Britain and Italy. Collectively, they pave the way for new interpretations of the era’s cultural history.
Early English Tragedy, Ibsen, and Drama’s Mirroring Rhythm
This book explores the constraints of language, the healing rhythms of drama, and the vigor of the Greek tradition. Its conviction is that the imagination has the power to establish new worlds in language—a perennial home for constructive thought.
Unpacking discourses in African law, media, and art, these authoritative essays reveal how language shapes the continent’s unique cultural values and complex social realities.
Last Tape on Stage in Translation
This study examines translated theatre texts as blueprints for production, focusing on Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape. By looking into the Turkish translations and productions of the play, this book brings a new dimension to approaching theatre through translation.
Literacy, Literature and Identity
This volume shows how literature and language shape the identities of individuals and societies. With a truly global reach, it draws on diverse contexts: from women in North America and African identity challenges to New Zealand’s Maoris.
This book addresses ideological changes of the 19th-21st centuries and their impact on Spanish language and culture. It focuses on ‘otherness’ in its various dimensions, arguing that the vision of the other is ultimately a reflection of the self.
This anthology is an intellectual smorgasbord of medieval and renaissance thought. Designed not solely for scholars but also for generalists, these essays explore philosophy, poetry, drama, popular culture, linguistics, art, religion, and history.
This collection of scholarly articles explores Strindberg on international stages and in translation. Essays analyze performances, translation problems, and postdramatic theatre, posing key questions for modern Strindberg scholars, directors, and enthusiasts.
Testimony, Witness, Authority
This international, interdisciplinary collection of essays examines how testimony, witness, and authority shape human experience. Scholars and artists explore how stories bear witness to experience through a web of verbal and near-verbal media.