Animal Narratives and Culture
Vulnerable Realism
Barcz’s monograph explains how realism is a narration that tests nonhuman vulnerable experience. The first part gives examples of realism’s redefinition in trauma studies, the second probes what is added to the narrative by literature, and the third analyses cultural texts.
Barcz’s monograph explains how realism is a narration that tests nonhuman vulnerable experience. The first part gives examples of realism’s redefinition in trauma studies, the second probes what is added to the narrative by literature, and the third analyses cultural texts.
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New Literature in Chinese
China and the World
Shoutong discusses the connotations of the concept of “Modern Chinese Literature”, as well as its basic categories. He argues that such fields as “World Chinese Literature” should unite in the area of “New Literature in Chinese”, as they share a language, culture and tradition.
Shoutong discusses the connotations of the concept of “Modern Chinese Literature”, as well as its basic categories. He argues that such fields as “World Chinese Literature” should unite in the area of “New Literature in Chinese”, as they share a language, culture and tradition.
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The Poetics of Uncontrollability in Keats’s Endymion
Language Theory and Romantic Periodicals
Anselmo reconstructs the linguistic context of the 18th and early-19th centuries to explain the reviewers’ unease regarding Endymion. She shows that 18th-century prescriptivism arose from an anxiety of language and the desire to control language informed Romantic criticism.
Anselmo reconstructs the linguistic context of the 18th and early-19th centuries to explain the reviewers’ unease regarding Endymion. She shows that 18th-century prescriptivism arose from an anxiety of language and the desire to control language informed Romantic criticism.
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Texts and Textiles
Affect, Synaesthesia and Metaphor in Fiction
This study illustrates how fiction that makes use of textiles as an essential element utilizes synaesthetic writing and metaphor to create an affective link to, and response in, the reader. These links and responses are assessed using affect theory and work on synaesthesia.
This study illustrates how fiction that makes use of textiles as an essential element utilizes synaesthetic writing and metaphor to create an affective link to, and response in, the reader. These links and responses are assessed using affect theory and work on synaesthesia.
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American Multiculturalism in Context
Views from at Home and Abroad
This text brings together the reflections of a group of experts who met with the leading African American writer Ishmael Reed in 2015. It reports on Reed’s thoughts from the meeting, and looks at the concept “multiculturalism” in the United States, Europe and elsewhere.
This text brings together the reflections of a group of experts who met with the leading African American writer Ishmael Reed in 2015. It reports on Reed’s thoughts from the meeting, and looks at the concept “multiculturalism” in the United States, Europe and elsewhere.
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This volume probes how space and gaze are tied in with social constructions of gender relations. It considers the gendered body, the queer gaze, the relationship between body and memory, the memory of war, monstrosity, and also domestic and hybrid spaces as key concepts.
This volume probes how space and gaze are tied in with social constructions of gender relations. It considers the gendered body, the queer gaze, the relationship between body and memory, the memory of war, monstrosity, and also domestic and hybrid spaces as key concepts.
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Quintessential Wilde
His Worldly Place, His Penetrating Philosophy and His Influential Aestheticism
Celebrating Oscar Wilde’s genius, this book explores a variety of subjects, including his travels, sexuality, novels, homosexuality, influence on others and morality. It offers historical, biographical, psychological and sociological perspectives written by international experts.
Celebrating Oscar Wilde’s genius, this book explores a variety of subjects, including his travels, sexuality, novels, homosexuality, influence on others and morality. It offers historical, biographical, psychological and sociological perspectives written by international experts.
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£57.99
Dealing with modern issues in the field of English studies, this work evaluates traditionalism and contemporaneity and proposes new theoretical and critical paradigms. It focuses on the practical criticism and the study of particular linguistic, literary, and cultural phenomena.
Dealing with modern issues in the field of English studies, this work evaluates traditionalism and contemporaneity and proposes new theoretical and critical paradigms. It focuses on the practical criticism and the study of particular linguistic, literary, and cultural phenomena.
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£68.99
This book investigates language contact and the language-culture relationship, as well as stylistic and syntactic perspectives on the English language. It also looks at 20th-century literature and theoretical approaches in cultural studies.
This book investigates language contact and the language-culture relationship, as well as stylistic and syntactic perspectives on the English language. It also looks at 20th-century literature and theoretical approaches in cultural studies.
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Displacing the Anxieties of Our World
Spaces of the Imagination
Discussing fictive spaces of literature, film, and video-gaming, this compilation bridges the imagined space between 17th-century utopia and 21st-century dystopia. It argues that the space of imagination offers a virtual battleground—and the possibility of triumph.
Discussing fictive spaces of literature, film, and video-gaming, this compilation bridges the imagined space between 17th-century utopia and 21st-century dystopia. It argues that the space of imagination offers a virtual battleground—and the possibility of triumph.
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Ireland and Dysfunction
Critical Explorations in Literature and Film
At the intersection of cultural, literary and film studies, this compilation explores how dysfunction is tackled in Irish studies. It also investigates how mediation, managing, healing and transcending help in understanding the construction process of an Irish identity today.
At the intersection of cultural, literary and film studies, this compilation explores how dysfunction is tackled in Irish studies. It also investigates how mediation, managing, healing and transcending help in understanding the construction process of an Irish identity today.
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£45.99
Caraivan examines issues central to the South African writer’s works, including annihilating racial oppression and the racism-led psychological alienation. She also focuses on literary topics specific to Gordimer’s post-Apartheid writings.
Caraivan examines issues central to the South African writer’s works, including annihilating racial oppression and the racism-led psychological alienation. She also focuses on literary topics specific to Gordimer’s post-Apartheid writings.
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Essays on Unfamiliar Travel-Writing
Off the Beaten Track
Butler presents essays on travel-narratives, including writing by people who travelled from the East to the West, as well as those going the usual way. He gives, in an informal style, discussions about identity, otherness and stereotyping as they are displayed in the narratives.
Butler presents essays on travel-narratives, including writing by people who travelled from the East to the West, as well as those going the usual way. He gives, in an informal style, discussions about identity, otherness and stereotyping as they are displayed in the narratives.
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This title covers literature from the beginning of the Jacobean period to the end of the Victorian era. Centring on the city of London, it explores different aspects of the interaction of literature and place, covering works by major figures within this time period.
This title covers literature from the beginning of the Jacobean period to the end of the Victorian era. Centring on the city of London, it explores different aspects of the interaction of literature and place, covering works by major figures within this time period.
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Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
This compilation of essays is a major addition to Beauvoirian studies with up-to-date research. It offers a multifaceted overview on the “state of the art” of work on the life and works of de Beauvoir, 30 years after her demise.
This compilation of essays is a major addition to Beauvoirian studies with up-to-date research. It offers a multifaceted overview on the “state of the art” of work on the life and works of de Beauvoir, 30 years after her demise.
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States of Decadence
On the Aesthetics of Beauty, Decline and Transgression across Time and Space Volume 1
This two-part anthology focuses on the literary and cultural phenomenon of decadence, with particular attention given to literature from the end of the 1800s. It goes beyond literary studies too, drawing on a number of the tropes and themes of decadence in the arts and culture.
This two-part anthology focuses on the literary and cultural phenomenon of decadence, with particular attention given to literature from the end of the 1800s. It goes beyond literary studies too, drawing on a number of the tropes and themes of decadence in the arts and culture.
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States of Decadence
On the Aesthetics of Beauty, Decline and Transgression across Time and Space Volume 2
This two-part anthology focuses on the literary and cultural phenomenon of decadence, with particular attention given to literature from the end of the 1800s. It goes beyond literary studies too, drawing on a number of the tropes and themes of decadence in the arts and culture.
This two-part anthology focuses on the literary and cultural phenomenon of decadence, with particular attention given to literature from the end of the 1800s. It goes beyond literary studies too, drawing on a number of the tropes and themes of decadence in the arts and culture.
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Post Celtic Tiger Ireland
Exploring New Cultural Spaces
This anthology provides the reader with an exploration of various artistic works which grew out of the post-Celtic Tiger era in Ireland. In assessing the aftermath of this period and its impact on Ireland today, the contributors also allude to its future evolution and trends.
This anthology provides the reader with an exploration of various artistic works which grew out of the post-Celtic Tiger era in Ireland. In assessing the aftermath of this period and its impact on Ireland today, the contributors also allude to its future evolution and trends.
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Ecstatic Consumption
The Spectacle of Global Dystopia in Contemporary American Literature
Radia argues how the culture of spectacle is ever-evolving and affecting the global dependence on consumption and its many different forms. She asks if avatar (anti)forms provide an escape into a utopian space or further enhance the dystopian ecstasy.
Radia argues how the culture of spectacle is ever-evolving and affecting the global dependence on consumption and its many different forms. She asks if avatar (anti)forms provide an escape into a utopian space or further enhance the dystopian ecstasy.
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Defining and Redefining Space in the English-Speaking World
Contacts, Frictions, Clashes
Focusing on contacts, frictions, and clashes, this collection explores their spatial nature, highlighting the stakes of (re)definitions of space. It examines how efforts, such as defining and mapping spaces, lead to geographical, social, political, and aesthetic definitions.
Focusing on contacts, frictions, and clashes, this collection explores their spatial nature, highlighting the stakes of (re)definitions of space. It examines how efforts, such as defining and mapping spaces, lead to geographical, social, political, and aesthetic definitions.
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