W.B. Yeats and Indian Thought
A Man Engaged in that Endless Research into Life, Death, God
Dabić investigates the impact of Indian philosophy and religion on Yeats’s poetic and dramatic work, exploring its development from his early impressionistic work to his more mature incorporation of such ideas into his writing.
Dabić investigates the impact of Indian philosophy and religion on Yeats’s poetic and dramatic work, exploring its development from his early impressionistic work to his more mature incorporation of such ideas into his writing.
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Auden, master of metre, remains a mystery. This book uses a revolutionary theory of poetic rhythm—placing rhythm before meaning—to unlock his formal art. It revives interest in Auden's poetry and his urgent questions: What is poetry? What is its use?
Auden, master of metre, remains a mystery. This book uses a revolutionary theory of poetic rhythm—placing rhythm before meaning—to unlock his formal art. It revives interest in Auden’s poetry and his urgent questions: What is poetry? What is its use?
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Wandering through Guilt
The Cain Archetype in the Twentieth-Century Novel
This study examines the relationship between guilt and wandering in 20th-century literature. Using the biblical figure of Cain as an archetype, it analyzes novels where the issue is a desperate movement toward self-consciousness or self-destruction.
This study examines the relationship between guilt and wandering in 20th-century literature. Using the biblical figure of Cain as an archetype, it analyzes novels where the issue is a desperate movement toward self-consciousness or self-destruction.
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War and Words
Representations of Military Conflict in Literature and the Media
This edited volume examines the methods, conventions and pitfalls of constructing verbal accounts of military conflict in literature and the media, bringing together such diverse material as canonical literature, war veterans’ testimonies, computer games, and propaganda.
This edited volume examines the methods, conventions and pitfalls of constructing verbal accounts of military conflict in literature and the media, bringing together such diverse material as canonical literature, war veterans’ testimonies, computer games, and propaganda.
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This collection shows how war functions as a subject, theme, and backdrop in travel writing, enabling readers to rethink both categories. From cookbooks to military magazines, these chapters reveal how war's reach extends far beyond the battlefield.
This collection shows how war functions as a subject, theme, and backdrop in travel writing, enabling readers to rethink both categories. From cookbooks to military magazines, these chapters reveal how war’s reach extends far beyond the battlefield.
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These essays explore the importance of water imagery in the work of George Sand. Discover the complex symbolism of water—encompassing life and death, fluid kinship, and artistic creativity—in her novels, short stories, plays, and even her paintings.
These essays explore the importance of water imagery in the work of George Sand. Discover the complex symbolism of water—encompassing life and death, fluid kinship, and artistic creativity—in her novels, short stories, plays, and even her paintings.
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Waymarking Italy’s Influence on the American Environmental Imagination While on Pilgrimage to Assisi
A 200-kilometre walk from La Verna to Assisi becomes a “deep-travel” journey into Italy's influence on environmental thought. This study shows how traversing texts and trails reveals the debt owed to the Italian landscape in how we conceive of the natural world.
A 200-kilometre walk from La Verna to Assisi becomes a “deep-travel” journey into Italy’s influence on environmental thought. This study shows how traversing texts and trails reveals the debt owed to the Italian landscape in how we conceive of the natural world.
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This volume explores a multiplicity of “ways of being”, including the adoption of an ethnic position, the enactment of gender, the conception of childhood and artistic visions of urban life. It features discourses of identity and “ways of performing” identity in literature.
This volume explores a multiplicity of “ways of being”, including the adoption of an ethnic position, the enactment of gender, the conception of childhood and artistic visions of urban life. It features discourses of identity and “ways of performing” identity in literature.
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We Won’t Make It Out Alive
Patrick McCabe and the Horrors of the Irish Mundane
A study of Patrick McCabe’s work. Beneath the grotesque and funny narratives of his characters lurk similar pasts of cruelty and abuse. This book discusses how these childhood traumas and Irish social upheaval drive McCabe's narrators crazy.
A study of Patrick McCabe’s work. Beneath the grotesque and funny narratives of his characters lurk similar pasts of cruelty and abuse. This book discusses how these childhood traumas and Irish social upheaval drive McCabe’s narrators crazy.
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Weaving New Perspectives Together
Some Reflections on Literary Studies
This novel, interdisciplinary overview of literary interpretation features contributions from early-career and senior scholars. The compilation is designed to inspire students and guide experts by posing new questions to stimulate future research in the field.
This novel, interdisciplinary overview of literary interpretation features contributions from early-career and senior scholars. The compilation is designed to inspire students and guide experts by posing new questions to stimulate future research in the field.
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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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This illustrated book explores the diversity of children's book illustration as a space for cultural dialogue. It considers how illustrations from different traditions are histories of art and style that enable us to traverse boundaries and dissolve barriers.
This illustrated book explores the diversity of children’s book illustration as a space for cultural dialogue. It considers how illustrations from different traditions are histories of art and style that enable us to traverse boundaries and dissolve barriers.
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This book examines eighteenth-century novels, focusing on the skills readers needed to master them. It analyses how these skills were shaped by the cultural and political climate, from debates on education to new philosophical and scientific theories.
This book examines eighteenth-century novels, focusing on the skills readers needed to master them. It analyses how these skills were shaped by the cultural and political climate, from debates on education to new philosophical and scientific theories.
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What Rough Beasts presents an innovative and diverse collection of new research in Irish and Scottish Studies. Showcasing original material by both emergent and established scholars, this book covers issues including poetry and violence, film, history, and more.
What Rough Beasts presents an innovative and diverse collection of new research in Irish and Scottish Studies. Showcasing original material by both emergent and established scholars, this book covers issues including poetry and violence, film, history, and more.
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Addressing the question “what’s in a balcony scene?”, this book discusses its representation in a number of adaptions of Romeo and Juliet. It shows that there are several fresh angles from which to look at the topic, which, in turn, provide unique insights into the balcony scene.
Addressing the question “what’s in a balcony scene?”, this book discusses its representation in a number of adaptions of Romeo and Juliet. It shows that there are several fresh angles from which to look at the topic, which, in turn, provide unique insights into the balcony scene.
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This book illustrates the Europe of the 1500s-1600s, focusing on England and Italy. It explores how military interventions, literature, art, and philosophy formed the continent we have inherited, and delves into the mystery of who wrote the Shakespearean works.
This book illustrates the Europe of the 1500s-1600s, focusing on England and Italy. It explores how military interventions, literature, art, and philosophy formed the continent we have inherited, and delves into the mystery of who wrote the Shakespearean works.
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Which Face of Witch
Self-Representations of Women as Witches in Works of Contemporary British Women Writers
Once a feared figure on the edge of society, the witch has been reclaimed by women as a feminist icon. This study investigates how contemporary British writers like Iris Murdoch, Jeanette Winterson, and Angela Carter interpret this ancient figure in creative ways.
Once a feared figure on the edge of society, the witch has been reclaimed by women as a feminist icon. This study investigates how contemporary British writers like Iris Murdoch, Jeanette Winterson, and Angela Carter interpret this ancient figure in creative ways.
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Personal essays illuminate the effects of whiteness in the workplace. Combining storytelling and scholarship, this collection makes a compelling case for changing the individuals and systems that perpetuate disparities in opportunity, advancement, and well-being.
Personal essays illuminate the effects of whiteness in the workplace. Combining storytelling and scholarship, this collection makes a compelling case for changing the individuals and systems that perpetuate disparities in opportunity, advancement, and well-being.
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Who Defines Me
Negotiating Identity in Language and Literature
Identity is unstable, constructed by variables like ethnicity, race, gender, and culture. Who Defines Me is an interdisciplinary study exploring this negotiation through language and literature, with a focus on Arabs, Muslims, and racial identity in America.
Identity is unstable, constructed by variables like ethnicity, race, gender, and culture. Who Defines Me is an interdisciplinary study exploring this negotiation through language and literature, with a focus on Arabs, Muslims, and racial identity in America.
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Whodunits in Dubliners
What Joyce Says, and How He Means
This super-sleuth investigation places Joyce’s Dubliners under a microscope, revealing how he manipulates readers while reality is hidden in plain sight. The book solves mysteries that have eluded scholars, and for any who read it, Dubliners will never be the same.
This super-sleuth investigation places Joyce’s Dubliners under a microscope, revealing how he manipulates readers while reality is hidden in plain sight. The book solves mysteries that have eluded scholars, and for any who read it, Dubliners will never be the same.
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