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Chowaniec offers the first systematic overview of Poland’s literary and cultural environment since 1989 from the perspective of women’s writing, surveying the political and social transformations of this period through a close reading of prominent Polish female novelists.
Chowaniec offers the first systematic overview of Poland’s literary and cultural environment since 1989 from the perspective of women’s writing, surveying the political and social transformations of this period through a close reading of prominent Polish female novelists.
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The Nordic literary canon is transforming. This book highlights how migration, minority, and queer literatures challenge national identity. It showcases the plurality of voices questioning the fundamentals of canon formation and Nordic self-understanding.
The Nordic literary canon is transforming. This book highlights how migration, minority, and queer literatures challenge national identity. It showcases the plurality of voices questioning the fundamentals of canon formation and Nordic self-understanding.
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Solitaires, Solidaires
Conflict and Confluence in Women’s Writings in French
Reflecting on the theme of female solidarity, the contributions to this volume focus on its representation in French and Francophone society, literature, journalism and history from the 17th-21st centuries.
Reflecting on the theme of female solidarity, the contributions to this volume focus on its representation in French and Francophone society, literature, journalism and history from the 17th-21st centuries.
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Myths in Crisis
The Crisis of Myth
This volume examines how 20th and 21st-century crises affect myth, analysing the crisis of its structure and the terminology threatening its study. Prestigious researchers explore ancient and modern literary myths and those in the material world.
This volume examines how 20th and 21st-century crises affect myth, analysing the crisis of its structure and the terminology threatening its study. Prestigious researchers explore ancient and modern literary myths and those in the material world.
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Dining Room Detectives
Analysing Food in the Novels of Agatha Christie
This book analyzes the twofold role food plays in Agatha Christie’s novels: its function as a literary device and as a cultural sign. Christie used food to portray characters, construct plots, and fundamentally alter the rigid genre conventions.
This book analyzes the twofold role food plays in Agatha Christie’s novels: its function as a literary device and as a cultural sign. Christie used food to portray characters, construct plots, and fundamentally alter the rigid genre conventions.
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Man Up
A Study of Gendered Expectations of Masculinities at the Fin de Siècle
The rise of the New Woman during the fin de siècle created a crisis for traditional Victorian masculinity. This book examines how male authors like Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker explored the upheaval of gender roles, asking what it meant to be a man in a rapidly changing world.
The rise of the New Woman during the fin de siècle created a crisis for traditional Victorian masculinity. This book examines how male authors like Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker explored the upheaval of gender roles, asking what it meant to be a man in a rapidly changing world.
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Gendering Commitment
Re-thinking Social and Ethical Engagement in Modern Italian Culture
This collection challenges the assumption that engagement in Italian culture is a male domain. It analyses the work of those typically excluded from the debate: female writers, artists, and others who insist on questioning and denouncing social realities.
This collection challenges the assumption that engagement in Italian culture is a male domain. It analyses the work of those typically excluded from the debate: female writers, artists, and others who insist on questioning and denouncing social realities.
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This book examines the diverse literature and culture of Newfoundland and Labrador. Scholars and writers explore its unique context across fiction, poetry, and filmmaking, bringing Indigenous histories to the foreground and encouraging international dialogue.
This book examines the diverse literature and culture of Newfoundland and Labrador. Scholars and writers explore its unique context across fiction, poetry, and filmmaking, bringing Indigenous histories to the foreground and encouraging international dialogue.
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This book revisits images of the Balkans in twentieth-century travel writing, mirroring the region's turbulent changes. It explores divergent and often contradictory views on the region’s path to reconciling its unique heritage with a European identity.
This book revisits images of the Balkans in twentieth-century travel writing, mirroring the region’s turbulent changes. It explores divergent and often contradictory views on the region’s path to reconciling its unique heritage with a European identity.
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Patriarchy in Eclipse
The Femme Fatale and the New Woman in American Literature and Culture 1870-1920
This book examines two types of women in post-Civil War literature and art: the femme fatale and the New Woman. It explores how they challenged patriarchal culture and why they precipitated so much intellectual and artistic angst in their educated male readers.
This book examines two types of women in post-Civil War literature and art: the femme fatale and the New Woman. It explores how they challenged patriarchal culture and why they precipitated so much intellectual and artistic angst in their educated male readers.
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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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Studies in Philology
Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies in Modern Languages
This volume offers a holistic view of Philology, showing the thin line that separates Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies. It is a miscellanea of studies on Modern Language research, focusing on Spanish, English and French.
This volume offers a holistic view of Philology, showing the thin line that separates Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies. It is a miscellanea of studies on Modern Language research, focusing on Spanish, English and French.
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Perspectives
Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Literature
Essays on Romantic, Victorian, and Modern literature, from Blake and Keats to Yeats. Marked by originality and simplicity, the discussion is as lucid and expository as it is deep and scholarly, making it accessible to non-specialist and academic readers.
Essays on Romantic, Victorian, and Modern literature, from Blake and Keats to Yeats. Marked by originality and simplicity, the discussion is as lucid and expository as it is deep and scholarly, making it accessible to non-specialist and academic readers.
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This collection of critical essays explores the intersection of gender and diaspora in Indian literature. Drawing on feminist and queer studies, it examines the predicament of belonging and identity, showcasing the range and depth of the Indian diaspora.
This collection of critical essays explores the intersection of gender and diaspora in Indian literature. Drawing on feminist and queer studies, it examines the predicament of belonging and identity, showcasing the range and depth of the Indian diaspora.
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In a world of deepening conflict, what is solidarity today? This interdisciplinary volume analyzes the concept from philosophical, social, political, and artistic perspectives, exploring its relation to memory and inspiring readers to help victims of exclusion.
In a world of deepening conflict, what is solidarity today? This interdisciplinary volume analyzes the concept from philosophical, social, political, and artistic perspectives, exploring its relation to memory and inspiring readers to help victims of exclusion.
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Science, Gender and History
The Fantastic in Mary Shelley and Margaret Atwood
This study offers fresh readings of Mary Shelley and Margaret Atwood, comparing Frankenstein and The Last Man with The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake to reveal an ongoing critique of oppressive science, gender ideologies, and environmental ruin.
This study offers fresh readings of Mary Shelley and Margaret Atwood, comparing Frankenstein and The Last Man with The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake to reveal an ongoing critique of oppressive science, gender ideologies, and environmental ruin.
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Bachelors, Bastards, and Nomadic Masculinity
Illegitimacy in Guy de Maupassant and André Gide
This book is a thematic exploration of bachelors and bastards in the literary works of Guy de Maupassant and André Gide. It examines illegitimacy, "Counterfeit" characters, and the concept of "nomadic masculinity" during a period of great socio-legal change.
This book is a thematic exploration of bachelors and bastards in the literary works of Guy de Maupassant and André Gide. It examines illegitimacy, “Counterfeit” characters, and the concept of “nomadic masculinity” during a period of great socio-legal change.
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Leading scholars offer a fresh, thought-provoking examination of Byzantium in Late Antiquity and beyond. This multi-disciplinary volume presents innovative research on the interaction between the Empire's core and periphery, and relations between Romans and Barbarians.
Leading scholars offer a fresh, thought-provoking examination of Byzantium in Late Antiquity and beyond. This multi-disciplinary volume presents innovative research on the interaction between the Empire’s core and periphery, and relations between Romans and Barbarians.
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Writers with roots in Africa navigate new terrains and racialized identities in Europe. Through vibrant literature, they redefine identity and imagine the contours of a diverse, inclusive Europe, reckoning with its colonial history and its legacy.
Writers with roots in Africa navigate new terrains and racialized identities in Europe. Through vibrant literature, they redefine identity and imagine the contours of a diverse, inclusive Europe, reckoning with its colonial history and its legacy.
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This volume treats travel writing as "foreign correspondence," a concept oscillating between the private and the public. The essays offer readings of accounts by early modern and more recent travellers, revealing the complex cultural negotiations between them.
This volume treats travel writing as “foreign correspondence,” a concept oscillating between the private and the public. The essays offer readings of accounts by early modern and more recent travellers, revealing the complex cultural negotiations between them.
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