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This book presents striking textual correspondences between Greek and Shakespearean plays. It proves William Shakespeare became “Shakespeare” because of his mastery of the ancient Greek treasury of Drama, where images like Lady Macbeth's cruelty first appear.
This book presents striking textual correspondences between Greek and Shakespearean plays. It proves William Shakespeare became “Shakespeare” because of his mastery of the ancient Greek treasury of Drama, where images like Lady Macbeth’s cruelty first appear.
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Science, Fables and Chimeras
Cultural Encounters
Imagination, religion, and mythology have both helped and hindered scientific progress. This interdisciplinary book weaves together visual art, literature, and science to explore our fascination with potent symbols like dinosaurs, dragons, and the chimera.
Imagination, religion, and mythology have both helped and hindered scientific progress. This interdisciplinary book weaves together visual art, literature, and science to explore our fascination with potent symbols like dinosaurs, dragons, and the chimera.
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At Whom Are We Laughing?
Humor in Romance Language Literatures
At whom are we really laughing? This collection of scholarly papers explores humor across the centuries in the literatures of Italy, France, and the Iberian Peninsula, revealing diverse aspects of wit little known to the general reader.
At whom are we really laughing? This collection of scholarly papers explores humor across the centuries in the literatures of Italy, France, and the Iberian Peninsula, revealing diverse aspects of wit little known to the general reader.
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Thirty Years After
New Essays on Vietnam War Literature, Film and Art
The first major collection of Vietnam War criticism since the 1990s, these new essays on literature, film, and art explore the conflict's traumatic cultural legacy and enduring impact. An indispensable work for understanding this crucial period in history.
The first major collection of Vietnam War criticism since the 1990s, these new essays on literature, film, and art explore the conflict’s traumatic cultural legacy and enduring impact. An indispensable work for understanding this crucial period in history.
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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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Out of the Shadows
The Life and Works of Mary De Morgan
Who was Mary De Morgan? Overshadowed by her family, she was a writer, spiritualist, social reformer, and early feminist. This book reveals a complex "New Woman" and explains why George Bernard Shaw considered her a “devil incarnate.”
Who was Mary De Morgan? Overshadowed by her family, she was a writer, spiritualist, social reformer, and early feminist. This book reveals a complex “New Woman” and explains why George Bernard Shaw considered her a “devil incarnate.”
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Spatio-Temporal Narratives
Historical GIS and the Study of Global Trading Networks (1500-1800)
This book explores the merchant networks and maritime trade routes of the First Global Age (16th-18th centuries). Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), it visualizes the integration of economies, the organization of trade, and the evolution of networks.
This book explores the merchant networks and maritime trade routes of the First Global Age (16th-18th centuries). Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), it visualizes the integration of economies, the organization of trade, and the evolution of networks.
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Finding the Plot
Storytelling in Popular Fictions
Plot is basic to our experience, yet criticism has often passed it over. This book redresses this neglect, bringing together international scholars to explore the pleasures of consuming stories across a variety of media. How do plots work and why do they matter?
Plot is basic to our experience, yet criticism has often passed it over. This book redresses this neglect, bringing together international scholars to explore the pleasures of consuming stories across a variety of media. How do plots work and why do they matter?
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Soft-Shed Kisses
Re-visioning the Femme Fatale in English Poetry of the 19th Century
The femme fatale of 19th-century poetry symbolises an intractable mystery and a refusal to be defined. This book interrogates the fatal woman motif in poems by Keats, Shelley, Tennyson, Rossetti and Swinburne, enriched by visual art and cultural background.
The femme fatale of 19th-century poetry symbolises an intractable mystery and a refusal to be defined. This book interrogates the fatal woman motif in poems by Keats, Shelley, Tennyson, Rossetti and Swinburne, enriched by visual art and cultural background.
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Electric Sheep Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Speculative Fiction in a Post Modern World
On August 6, 1945, the world changed forever. A bomb shattered Hiroshima, and the easy truths of centuries no longer applied. Speculative Fiction projects real possibilities beyond these now shattered assumptions, moving through marginalized fictional landscapes.
On August 6, 1945, the world changed forever. A bomb shattered Hiroshima, and the easy truths of centuries no longer applied. Speculative Fiction projects real possibilities beyond these now shattered assumptions, moving through marginalized fictional landscapes.
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The Unspeakable
Representations of Trauma in Francophone Literature and Art
This volume explores how trauma, even when silenced, emerges in surprising ways in Francophone literature and art. It examines how expressive forms evoke a terrible reality, tackle ethical responsibility, and can ultimately lead to the process of healing.
This volume explores how trauma, even when silenced, emerges in surprising ways in Francophone literature and art. It examines how expressive forms evoke a terrible reality, tackle ethical responsibility, and can ultimately lead to the process of healing.
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Creative Interventions
The Role of Intellectuals in Contemporary Italy
Who are “intellectuals”? Are they an endangered species? This collection of essays examines the changing role, function, and self-perception of Italian intellectuals since World War II, with comparative essays on their place in other Western cultures.
Who are “intellectuals”? Are they an endangered species? This collection of essays examines the changing role, function, and self-perception of Italian intellectuals since World War II, with comparative essays on their place in other Western cultures.
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In 1763, The Ladies Complete Letter-Writer was the first manual exclusively for women in eighteenth-century Britain. It questioned pre-conceived ideas on women and their writing. Unedited since 1765, it is now presented with a new introduction and notes.
In 1763, The Ladies Complete Letter-Writer was the first manual exclusively for women in eighteenth-century Britain. It questioned pre-conceived ideas on women and their writing. Unedited since 1765, it is now presented with a new introduction and notes.
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Nonsense and Other Senses
Regulated Absurdity in Literature
This collection of essays offers a gallery of “nonsense practices” in literature across periods and countries. It reveals literary nonsense not as chaos, but as a deliberate, “regulated” attempt to snatch order from the jaws of chaos.
This collection of essays offers a gallery of “nonsense practices” in literature across periods and countries. It reveals literary nonsense not as chaos, but as a deliberate, “regulated” attempt to snatch order from the jaws of chaos.
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The Lives of Texts
Exploring the Metaphor
Exploring the metaphor of a text as a living organism, this book traces life-like phenomena—birth, maturation, death, and resurrection—in literature from the Middle Ages to popular culture, including works by Mary Shelley, J.K. Rowling, and Neil Gaiman.
Exploring the metaphor of a text as a living organism, this book traces life-like phenomena—birth, maturation, death, and resurrection—in literature from the Middle Ages to popular culture, including works by Mary Shelley, J.K. Rowling, and Neil Gaiman.
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This interdisciplinary collection explores how the past is retold and rewritten. Scholars analyze history's representation in fiction, media, and political discourse, from postcolonial and feminist perspectives to unorthodox visions in speculative fiction.
This interdisciplinary collection explores how the past is retold and rewritten. Scholars analyze history’s representation in fiction, media, and political discourse, from postcolonial and feminist perspectives to unorthodox visions in speculative fiction.
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Stories provide fictional encounters with death, giving meaning to both life and death. This volume examines narratives of mortality in literature from ancient Rome to today, exploring existential questions and literature's role in social debates about death.
Stories provide fictional encounters with death, giving meaning to both life and death. This volume examines narratives of mortality in literature from ancient Rome to today, exploring existential questions and literature’s role in social debates about death.
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In 19th-century Italy, suicide transformed from a rare sin into a widespread phenomenon. This book provides the first interdisciplinary account, exploring it through literature, art, and politics, and examining major figures like Leopardi and Salgari.
In 19th-century Italy, suicide transformed from a rare sin into a widespread phenomenon. This book provides the first interdisciplinary account, exploring it through literature, art, and politics, and examining major figures like Leopardi and Salgari.
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True North
Literary Translation in the Nordic Countries
True North is the first book on literary translation in the Nordic countries. It explores genres from novels and children’s literature to crime fiction, analysing authors like Ibsen, Lindgren, and Laxness, and examines key translatorial challenges.
True North is the first book on literary translation in the Nordic countries. It explores genres from novels and children’s literature to crime fiction, analysing authors like Ibsen, Lindgren, and Laxness, and examines key translatorial challenges.
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Exploring Space
Spatial Notions in Cultural, Literary and Language Studies; Volume 1
This two-volume collection offers a comprehensive insight into how the category of space can inform original philological research. The first volume covers cultural and literary studies, while the second refers to English language studies.
This two-volume collection offers a comprehensive insight into how the category of space can inform original philological research. The first volume covers cultural and literary studies, while the second refers to English language studies.
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