Literature – Page 6 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Art in Literature, Literature in Art in 19th Century France

By: Emilie Sitzia

£44.99

In 19th-century France, painting asserted its independence from literature as art's influence on authors grew. This investigation reveals their complex relationship through case studies of David, Hugo, Van Gogh, and Balzac, shedding new light on both fields.

In 19th-century France, painting asserted its independence from literature as art’s influence on authors grew. This investigation reveals their complex relationship through case studies of David, Hugo, Van Gogh, and Balzac, shedding new light on both fields.

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.

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.

Moving Forward

Tradition and Transformation

Edited By: Heather M. Morgan, Ruth Morris

£34.99

This collection explores ‘tradition and transformation’. Early-career researchers from the arts and social sciences boldly explore the tension between past and future, respecting history while effecting change. Accessible to a non-specialist audience.

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.

Projecting Words, Writing Images

Intersections of the Textual and the Visual in American Cultural Practices

Edited By: John R. Leo, Marek Paryz

£44.99

This compilation of essays explores the energetic field of visual cultural studies. Scholars engage with photography, film, television, and literature, re-theorizing the relationship between word and image and their intersections with race, gender, and public spheres.

The “I” and the “Eye”

The Verbal and the Visual in Post-Renaissance Western Aesthetics

By: Pragyan Rath

£44.99

Tracing the opposition between verbal and visual arts from Lessing to Greenberg, the author delineates it as a history of diffusions, displacements and idealist reparations of class division.

Mixed Metaphors

The Danse Macabre in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Edited By: Stefanie Knöll, Sophie Oosterwijk

£59.99

This collection of essays reveals the lasting influence of the Danse Macabre, a European motif where Death summons us all—rich or poor. Mixing dance and violence, it inspired artists and dramatists like Shakespeare, and shaped culture from the Middle Ages to today.

Anti-Tales

The Uses of Disenchantment

Edited By: David Calvin, Catriona McAra

£44.99

The anti-tale is the fairy tale’s evil twin. It subverts, inverts, and deconstructs familiar stories. In this collection, Red Riding Hood retaliates, Cinderella’s stepmother tells her side, and Snow White becomes a postmodern vampire.

James Bond in World and Popular Culture

The Films are Not Enough, Second Edition

Edited By: Jack Becker, Robert G. Weiner, B. Lynn Whitfield

£54.99

The most comprehensive study of the James Bond phenomena ever published. 40 original essays provide new insights into the Bond girl, video games, music, fashion, and Ian Fleming himself, showing how this cultural icon has changed the world.

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.

The Politics of Cultural Memory

Edited By: Jim Aulich, Lucy Burke, Simon Faulkner

£34.99

This collection explores the politics of cultural memory. From monuments to film and literature, it shows how cultural memory is actively made: the site of a struggle over meanings that serves various political and cultural purposes.

Symbolism, Its Origins and Its Consequences

By: Rosina Neginsky

£64.99

Explore the Symbolist movement's profound, interdisciplinary impact on 20th-century culture. These essays trace its evolution across Europe, highlighting the foundational role of French art and literature.

Explore the Symbolist movement’s profound, interdisciplinary impact on 20th-century culture. These essays trace its evolution across Europe, highlighting the foundational role of French art and literature.

Stage Migrants

Representations of the Migrant Other in Modern Irish Drama

By: Loredana Salis

£29.99

This volume investigates how recent migration is reflected in Irish culture, focusing on the representation of outsiders in theatre. It explores debates on national identity, multiculturalism, and racism in plays whose topics are central to any global community.

The Still Life in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt

By: Elizabeth Hicks

£39.99

This book explores A. S. Byatt's visual and verbal still lifes. It shows how her rich descriptions celebrate realism, textual pleasure, and sexuality, while also revealing character and class, and teasing out the tension between living passion and "cold" artwork.

This book explores A. S. Byatt’s visual and verbal still lifes. It shows how her rich descriptions celebrate realism, textual pleasure, and sexuality, while also revealing character and class, and teasing out the tension between living passion and “cold” artwork.

Le mensonge

Multidisciplinary Perspectives in French Studies

Edited By: Kate Averis, Matthew Moran

£34.99

This collection of essays considers the political, social, and artistic impact of the dichotomy of truth and lies in French culture. Bringing together research from diverse disciplines, this work is of great relevance to students and researchers alike.

Alienation and Resistance

Representation in Text and Image

Edited By: Laura Findlay, Gordon Spark

£44.99

This collection examines representations of alienation and resistance across diverse media. Essays explore these themes in everything from 16th-century drama to modern comics and film, asking: what are the roles, forms, and conditions of these forces in our culture?

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.

Mountains Figured and Disfigured in the English-Speaking World

Edited By: Françoise Besson

£64.99

This interdisciplinary book explores how mountains are represented in art and literature. It reveals the link between the world's shapes and human imagination, showing how art is a path to awareness and a vital tool for protecting the natural world.

This interdisciplinary book explores how mountains are represented in art and literature. It reveals the link between the world’s shapes and human imagination, showing how art is a path to awareness and a vital tool for protecting the natural world.

William Morris and the Art of Everyday Life

Edited By: Wendy Parkins

£34.99

For William Morris, beauty in daily life was revolutionary. These essays explore how the everyday—from domestic interiors to utopian socialism—informed his art, politics, and radical call for social transformation, a vision that remains powerfully relevant.