Literature – Page 2 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Assembling Identities

Edited By: Sam Wiseman

£47.99

This cross-disciplinary collection explores how identities – individual, communal, and national – are constructed, maintained and contested. These essays emphasize the invariable ambiguity and instability of identity, offering new perspectives on a concept in ceaseless change.

Au Naturel

(Re)Reading Hispanic Naturalism

Edited By: Lara Anderson, J. P. Spicer-Escalante

£44.99

The essays in this collection propose a major revision of Hispanic naturalism. Reframing it as a phenomenon that transcends time, they demonstrate how naturalist texts–literary and filmic–engage societal problems from the 19th century to the present day.

Authenticity and Legitimacy in Minority Theatre

Constructing Identity

Edited By: Patrice Brasseur, Madelena Gonzalez

£44.99

For ethno-cultural minorities, theatre is a vital space to denounce injustice, explore past trauma, and forge new identities. But should it seek mainstream visibility or remain on the margins to assert its cultural authenticity? This volume tackles these questions.

Awakening through Literature and Film

Into the Dancing Light

By: Jae-seong Lee

From £25.99

This book, using Zen Buddhism and postmodern ethics, guides you beyond the conventional thematic approach. Learn to catch nondual, spiritual feelings while appreciating a given work, ultimately turning the act of reading or watching into a quest for spiritual enlightenment.

Bad Pennies and Dead Presidents

Money in Modern American Drama

By: Jon Dietrick

£39.99

This study analyzes the treatment of money in American plays from the Great Depression to the 21st century. Money emerges as an ambivalent force: a malevolent abstraction robbing us of reality, and a powerful metaphor for the American ideal of “self-making.”

Barbara Longhi of Ravenna

Art, Grace and Piety

By: Liana De Girolami Cheney

From £36.99

This book provides new impetus to the study of female art. Through an analysis of Barbara Longhi’s paintings, it expands research beyond women’s lives and careers to look at the spiritual aspects of their work, revealing the importance of devotional art and female creativity.

Bloomsbury Influences

Papers from the Bloomsbury Adaptations Conference, Bath Spa University, 5-6 May 2011

Edited By: E.H. Wright

£44.99

Explore the dialogue between the Bloomsbury Group and contemporary culture. These essays reveal their lasting influence on art and literature, examining connections to modern figures like Jeanette Winterson and Ali Smith.

Book Illustration in the Long Eighteenth Century

Reconfiguring the Visual Periphery of the Text

Edited By: Christina Ionescu, Renata Schellenberg

£64.99

Book illustration has entered mainstream scholarship. This collection is the first step in reconfiguring the visual periphery of eighteenth-century texts, offering a multifaceted approach to a society immersed in visual culture and communication.

Border States in the Work of Tom Mac Intyre

A Paleo-Postmodern Perspective

By: Catriona Ryan

£39.99

This book introduces "paleo-postmodernism" to define Tom Mac Intyre's unique literary project: fusing Yeatsian revivalism with postmodern deconstruction to unearth Ireland's mythological unconscious.

This book introduces “paleo-postmodernism” to define Tom Mac Intyre’s unique literary project: fusing Yeatsian revivalism with postmodern deconstruction to unearth Ireland’s mythological unconscious.

Breaking with Convention in Italian Art

Edited By: Julia C. Fischer

£58.99

This title explores the various ways in which artists, patrons, and art historians throughout history have broken bad by defying authority, challenging convention, or rejecting the norm. The articles here span from the art of ancient Etruria to the twentieth century.

Bringing Literature and Linguistics into EFL Classrooms

Insights from Research and Classroom Practice

Edited By: Nugrahenny T. Zacharias

£34.99

This book bridges the gap between linguistics, literature, and English language teaching. Drawing on educators’ experiences from around the world, it balances research with practical applications on how to use literary texts and linguistic theories in the classroom.

Celebrating Flamenco’s Tangled Roots

The Body Questions

Edited By: K. Meira Goldberg, Antoni Pizà

From £33.99

This collection of essays poses questions about queerness, race, and the dancing body. The contributions come together across disciplines in the whirling, raucous, and messy spaces where the body is free—to celebrate its questioning and the wisdom and knowledge it holds.

Changes, Conflicts and Ideologies in Contemporary Hispanic Culture

Edited By: Teresa Fernandez Ulloa

£59.99

This book studies how conflicts, changes, and ideologies appear in Hispanic discourse. It analyzes how ideological shifts of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries are reflected in the language, literature, and culture of Spain and Latin America.

Cinema and Its Representations

Poetics and Politics

Edited By: Hossein Keramatfar, Maryam Beyad

From £31.99

This book provides a rich, multifaceted approach to cinema. It presents a lucid account of twentieth century film criticism, contemporary sociocultural theories, and literary adaptation, essential for students of media and cultural studies.

Close Relations

Spaces of Greek and Roman Theatre

Edited By: Paul Monaghan

£52.99

This book applies insights from the “spatial turn” to Greek and Roman theatre. It explores the complex interweaving of space-time, the relations between ancient theatrical space, and how it has been interpreted and transformed throughout history.

Consciousness, Theatre, Literature and the Arts 2011

Edited By: Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

£44.99

This collection of essays highlights the growing interest in the relationship between the arts and human consciousness. Reflecting a wide range of disciplines and approaches, the book features contributions from scholars across the world.

Consciousness, Theatre, Literature and the Arts 2015

Edited By: Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

£57.99

Deriving from the 6th Conference on Consciousness, Theatre, Literature and the Arts, this collection presents material from the fields of philosophy, literature and theatre. It will interest researchers of literature, theatre and the arts from a consciousness studies perspective.

Crossings

David Mamet’s Work in Different Genres and Media

Edited By: Johan Callens

£39.99

International scholars assess David Mamet's career, from his stage classics to his forays into film, television, and the novel. This volume focuses on his diverse works and how they have been interpreted by other artists.

International scholars assess David Mamet’s career, from his stage classics to his forays into film, television, and the novel. This volume focuses on his diverse works and how they have been interpreted by other artists.

Dealing with Authorship

Authors between Texts, Editors and Public Discourses

Edited By: Sarah Burnautzki, Frederik Kiparski, Raphaël Thierry

£61.99

This title examines the multiple ways in which the progressive (self-) fashioning of authors and filmmakers interacts with the public sphere, generating authorial postures and arousing attention. It analyses the works of both canonical and non-canonical authors and filmmakers.

Debating with the Eumenides

Aspects of the Reception of Greek Tragedy in Modern Greece

Edited By: Vayos Liapis, Maria Pavlou

£61.99

Greek tragedy takes pride of place in the dialogue between modern Greece and its classical past. In this volume, scholars explore how tragic myth has been reimagined in modern Greek drama and poetry, with extensive coverage of major authors like Cavafy, Seferis, and Ritsos.