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Time, Accounts, Surplus Meaning
Settings of the Theophanic
This book harvests the author’s work, over several decades, on narrative and time, the place of imagination in conceptual thinking, and the underlying nature of historical accounts.
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Literature, Geography, Translation
Studies in World Writing
This volume connects world literature, postcolonial, and translation studies. It approaches translation as a distinct practice that connects literatures, challenging global theory by insisting on the specificity of place and the resistance to translatibility.
This volume connects world literature, postcolonial, and translation studies. It approaches translation as a distinct practice that connects literatures, challenging global theory by insisting on the specificity of place and the resistance to translatibility.
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Not So Innocent Abroad
The Politics of Travel and Travel Writing
Travel and travel writing are never innocent. This book offers a fresh approach, arguing that journeying always occurs within political systems. It reveals the political implications and dissimulated messages in travelogues from the 18th to 21st century.
Travel and travel writing are never innocent. This book offers a fresh approach, arguing that journeying always occurs within political systems. It reveals the political implications and dissimulated messages in travelogues from the 18th to 21st century.
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Soundweaving
Writings on Improvisation
This book on music improvisation forges new links between diverse theories and practices. Writings by musicians and theorists illuminate the field from an array of critical perspectives, with an introduction by inspiring improviser Evan Parker.
This book on music improvisation forges new links between diverse theories and practices. Writings by musicians and theorists illuminate the field from an array of critical perspectives, with an introduction by inspiring improviser Evan Parker.
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Relativism-Relativity
An Interdisciplinary Perspective on a Modern Concept
This revisionary work challenges stereotypes of an absolutist Enlightenment. Cutting across science, philosophy, and art, it traces modern notions of complexity, non-linear reality, and relativity back to the pioneering thought of Leibniz, Sterne, and D’Alembert.
This revisionary work challenges stereotypes of an absolutist Enlightenment. Cutting across science, philosophy, and art, it traces modern notions of complexity, non-linear reality, and relativity back to the pioneering thought of Leibniz, Sterne, and D’Alembert.
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This study explains the stunning vitality and success of postcolonial Indian novels. It analyses themes of empire, nation, gender, and language to show how writers from Rushdie to Roy have created a truly world literature, liberated from the nation.
This study explains the stunning vitality and success of postcolonial Indian novels. It analyses themes of empire, nation, gender, and language to show how writers from Rushdie to Roy have created a truly world literature, liberated from the nation.
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Sense of Emptiness
An Interdisciplinary Approach
The absence of something can be as significant as its presence, impacting how we perceive the world. While the perception of presence is universal, the prominence of absence—or emptiness—varies across cultures. This volume identifies what emptiness is like.
The absence of something can be as significant as its presence, impacting how we perceive the world. While the perception of presence is universal, the prominence of absence—or emptiness—varies across cultures. This volume identifies what emptiness is like.
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This volume provides new insights into the dynamic nature of coherence in spoken and written discourse. Combining theoretical insights with practical analyses, it will be of interest to researchers, scholars, and students of English.
This volume provides new insights into the dynamic nature of coherence in spoken and written discourse. Combining theoretical insights with practical analyses, it will be of interest to researchers, scholars, and students of English.
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This collection questions the capacity of Canadian democracy to promote religious pluralism. As efforts push religious belief from the public square, how Canada responds to these challenges will not only influence public policy, but test its commitment to democracy.
This collection questions the capacity of Canadian democracy to promote religious pluralism. As efforts push religious belief from the public square, how Canada responds to these challenges will not only influence public policy, but test its commitment to democracy.
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This collection of critical essays addresses debates on “suitable” texts for young audiences. It examines what adult writers “tell” child readers about sexuality, gender, death, trauma, race, and national identity in Irish and international fiction.
This collection of critical essays addresses debates on “suitable” texts for young audiences. It examines what adult writers “tell” child readers about sexuality, gender, death, trauma, race, and national identity in Irish and international fiction.
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Renaissance Tales of Desire
Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, Theseus and Ariadne, Ceyx and Alcione
Three Ovidian tales from the 1560s, never re-edited since the sixteenth century, explore metamorphosis and desire. They may have influenced Marlowe and Shakespeare, refashioning Ovid’s stories and providing new perspectives on the original myths.
Three Ovidian tales from the 1560s, never re-edited since the sixteenth century, explore metamorphosis and desire. They may have influenced Marlowe and Shakespeare, refashioning Ovid’s stories and providing new perspectives on the original myths.
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Hyaenids
Taphonomy and Implications for the Palaeoenvironment
How do we differentiate between bone collections made by hyaenas and those of hominids? This study examines three hyaena species, finding that environmental conditions have a critical impact on the gnawing and fragmentation patterns left on bones.
How do we differentiate between bone collections made by hyaenas and those of hominids? This study examines three hyaena species, finding that environmental conditions have a critical impact on the gnawing and fragmentation patterns left on bones.
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Consumer Australia
Historical Perspectives
How did Australia become a "consumer society"? Leading scholars explore the ways selling, buying, and exchanging have defined Australian life from the 19th century on, charting the growth of consumption and asking where it is headed.
How did Australia become a “consumer society”? Leading scholars explore the ways selling, buying, and exchanging have defined Australian life from the 19th century on, charting the growth of consumption and asking where it is headed.
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Death may be the “great equalizer,” but our journeys towards it are not. This interdisciplinary collection addresses the many socio-cultural inequalities surrounding death and the end of life to encourage research and action that can improve the experience for all.
Death may be the “great equalizer,” but our journeys towards it are not. This interdisciplinary collection addresses the many socio-cultural inequalities surrounding death and the end of life to encourage research and action that can improve the experience for all.
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Blood on the Page
Interviews with African Authors writing about HIV/AIDS
In fourteen unprecedented interviews, the first authors to publish fiction on HIV/AIDS in South Africa and Zimbabwe discuss their ground-breaking work. They give voice to silence and humanize an epidemic otherwise unimaginable statistically.
In fourteen unprecedented interviews, the first authors to publish fiction on HIV/AIDS in South Africa and Zimbabwe discuss their ground-breaking work. They give voice to silence and humanize an epidemic otherwise unimaginable statistically.
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Interiors
Interiority/Exteriority in Literary and Cultural Discourse
These essays explore the borderland between interiors and exteriors. Where do we draw dividing lines? Can we afford not to distinguish between the inside and outside, between “us” and “them”? This volume presents a plethora of answers.
These essays explore the borderland between interiors and exteriors. Where do we draw dividing lines? Can we afford not to distinguish between the inside and outside, between “us” and “them”? This volume presents a plethora of answers.
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Experience rebetiko music-making in Thessaloniki today. This ethnography explores the human encounters and lived experiences of the rebetiko revival, while also recounting the story of an ethnographer engaged in fieldwork ‘at home’.
Experience rebetiko music-making in Thessaloniki today. This ethnography explores the human encounters and lived experiences of the rebetiko revival, while also recounting the story of an ethnographer engaged in fieldwork ‘at home’.
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The barriers between genres have broken down, posing the question of what constitutes a novel today. This collection of essays examines generic instability and narrative impostures, demonstrating that this instability is the contemporary novel’s identity.
The barriers between genres have broken down, posing the question of what constitutes a novel today. This collection of essays examines generic instability and narrative impostures, demonstrating that this instability is the contemporary novel’s identity.
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Confronted by 21st-century challenges, the church must re-examine its mission. This book explores Karl Barth’s ecclesiology, considering the church’s relationships with God, other religions, and the State to remind it of its missionary function in the world.
Confronted by 21st-century challenges, the church must re-examine its mission. This book explores Karl Barth’s ecclesiology, considering the church’s relationships with God, other religions, and the State to remind it of its missionary function in the world.
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Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Manon Lescaut
19th-century French composer Auber and librettist Scribe formed one of musical history's most successful partnerships. Their opera *Manon Lescaut* features a unique final scene: a powerfully expressive dramatic symphony of simple grandeur and real emotion.
19th-century French composer Auber and librettist Scribe formed one of musical history’s most successful partnerships. Their opera *Manon Lescaut* features a unique final scene: a powerfully expressive dramatic symphony of simple grandeur and real emotion.
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