Adaptations
This book explores the journey of written text to the screen, focusing on cinematic adaptations of Indian and international literary works. It engages with issues like ‘fidelity’ and ‘intertextuality’ in the works of Tagore, Satyajit Ray, and others.
Drawing on psychoanalysis, comparative literature, and cultural studies, the contributors examine how the circulation of psychoanalysis across time and place reflects and shapes literature, offering fresh insights into their shared literary history.
Jovial Bigotry
The late 19th-century debate over manners and morals in France, Britain, and the US was truly about gender and sexuality. Commentators used stereotypes of women to discuss their roles, but this analysis reveals a common outlook: an agreement on patriarchy.
Bringing Literature and Linguistics into EFL Classrooms
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.
The Gentleman, the Virtuoso, the Inquirer
Explore the world of Vincencio Juan de Lastanosa, a scientific collector in early modern Spain. His cabinet of curiosities, garden, and library reveal a ‘virtuoso’ immersed in the wonders of nature, furthering the ideal of factuality in the Scientific Revolution.
From Self to Shelf
From Self to Shelf is a rich exploration of the interplay between biographical and aesthetic selves, from the Romantic poets to leading contemporaries. This absorbing volume is as engaging and thought-provoking as the masterpieces it illuminates.
On the Outlook
This volume explores how messianic thinking, from its Judeo-Christian origins to thinkers like Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben, has been used to confront injustice. These essays analyze its influence on contemporary politics, philosophy, and law.
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.
This book introduces new approaches to semiotics and metaphysical philosophy. Drawing from over 30 years of research, it shows how mature semiotics leads to new philosophical vistas, with conclusions that differ significantly from currently accepted philosophical views.
The Indigenous Voice of Poetomachia
In an era of struggling individuality, how can theatre stage individual voices? This collection of essays from scholars across the world explores different perspectives of textuality and performance, pushing beyond prevailing clichés with indigenous perspectives.
11th Conference on British and American Studies
This volume includes a selection of papers exploring the complex relationship between language and culture. The contributions cover a wide array of topics, from language acquisition and translation to the cultural construction of meaning and identity in literature and art.
International Friendships
This publication considers issues concerning international interpersonal friendships and the influence of society and culture in the different friendship contexts. Efforts to foster international friendships are investigated, as are perspectives of friendship.
Revisiting Decadence
An introduction to the fifteenth century through the chronicles and personal recollections of its writers. It examines how their pessimistic conclusions about the conduct of their contemporaries contributed to the era’s reputation for decadence.
The Post-Crisis Crises
Dobrescu shows that, in the post-crisis period, global turmoil has moved to the regional level. He proves that the clash between spheres of influence and the world order is being reproduced over and over again in almost every important region of the world.
The Indian freedom struggle was also fought on foreign soil. This book documents the crucial role of the Indian diaspora in the nation’s fight for independence, covering the significant people, places, memorials, and events of the movement.
This book explains the links between human capital management and an organisation’s performance. Chapters provide an accurate picture of relevant topics in human resource management, including commitment systems, social networks, and happiness at work.
Our Orwell, Right or Left
George Orwell’s work has been used and misused by the Left and Right, creating a battle over his legacy. This book decodes why both sides claim him, juxtaposing his writing with their dubious claims and showing how his warnings remain alarmingly prescient.
This volume presents original research on grammar and discourse in modern Lithuanian and Latvian. Moving beyond historical-comparative linguistics, these studies explore the languages from a synchronic, non-normative point of view.
The human body is always changing its meanings. Why did Puritans stop addressing God as Mother? How did Victorian women’s sports grow? How transgressive was the ‘dandy’? This lively volume explores the variety of body-studies and their answers.
This essay collection explores inconsistency in the major Latin epics of the Flavian Age. Leading experts demonstrate that inconsistency is often a strategic device, and its careful study yields precious insights into the poets’ artistic, thematic, and ideological agendas.