The Revolutionary Drama and Theatre of Femi Osofisan

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Muses and Measures

Empirical Research Methods for the Humanities

By: Frank Hakemulder, Willie van Peer, Sonia Zyngier

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This book is required reading for humanistic disciplines. Too often, scholars present theories without knowing how to test them empirically. In an engaging way, the authors teach statistics, leading students through projects to analyze their own gathered data.

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Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain

A Reader’s Guide

By: Rodney Symington

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Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain explores the philosophical dilemmas of the modern age. This comprehensive commentary explains all references and allusions in the seminal novel, enabling readers to understand and extract the maximum pleasure from it.

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The Homeric Epics and the Chinese Book of Songs

Foundational Texts Compared

Edited By: Fritz-Heiner Mutschler

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The Homeric epics and the Book of Songs are not just the fountainheads of the Western and Chinese literary traditions; for centuries they played a central role in education and communal life. This title presents the first systematic comparison of the two corpora.

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Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men

Superheroes and the American Experience

Edited By: Julian C. Chambliss, Thomas Donaldson, William Svitavsky

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This collection explores the superhero’s evolution from 1930s comics to modern cinema. It examines how iconic heroes like Superman, Batman, and the Avengers reflect the historical contexts of their eras, from the Great Depression to the Cold War and beyond.

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(Post)Colonial Passages

Incursions and Excursions across the Literatures and Cultures in English

Edited By: Silvia Albertazzi, Francesco Cattani, Rita Monticelli, Federica Zullo

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The essays gathered here discuss postcolonialism as a transdisciplinary field of passages that negotiate among diverse, yet interrelated, cultural fields.

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Narrating our Healing

Perspectives on Working through Trauma

By: Chris N van der Merwe

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This book explores narrative as a way of working through trauma. It offers illuminating perspectives on “narrating our healing”: the re-creating of life narratives shattered by trauma and the search for meaning when all meaning seems to have been lost.

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Global Literary Criticism

China and the West

By: Hongxin Jiang

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Discover the surprising dialogue between East and West. This uplifting book reveals a history of mutual influence, from the common ground of Confucius and Socrates to China’s unexpected impact on Western thinkers like Nietzsche and T.S. Eliot.

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Rural Writing

Geographical Imaginary and Expression of a New Regionality

Edited By: Mauricette Fournier

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This anthology revisits rural areas and their representations in contemporary writing, in both popular and high culture, in order to draw a global landscape of current rural areas and new regionalities.

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The Failure of Augustus

Essays on the Interpretation of a Paradox

By: E.A. Judge

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Though he had a proud and clear aim, in the end, Augustus was defeated by his own persistence. Using contemporaneous sources and Augustus’ own words, Judge’s study explores this downfall. It also argues for the primacy of original sources in historical interpretation.

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The Language of Color in China

By: Jun Zhou, Gail Taylor

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This is the first book to explore color history in Asia. Color is a language of signals, associated with changes in society, economic development, and dynasties. A valuable resource for practitioners of art and design, it offers a new perspective on Chinese aesthetics.

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