“His Words Were Nourishment and His Counsel Food”
A Festschrift for David W. Holton
Explore the remarkable range of Greek literature, from medieval romance to postmodern fiction. These essays connect Shakespeare to Cavafy and cannibalism to dictatorships, revealing a culture thriving at the crossroads of history.
Explore the remarkable range of Greek literature, from medieval romance to postmodern fiction. These essays connect Shakespeare to Cavafy and cannibalism to dictatorships, revealing a culture thriving at the crossroads of history.
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The Nordic Storyteller
Essays in Honour of Niels Ingwersen
Nineteen essays explore Nordic storytelling, from oral traditions like folklore and legend to the great literary works of authors like H. C. Andersen, Ibsen, and Isak Dinesen. The volume demonstrates the enduring power of narrative in Scandinavian life.
Nineteen essays explore Nordic storytelling, from oral traditions like folklore and legend to the great literary works of authors like H. C. Andersen, Ibsen, and Isak Dinesen. The volume demonstrates the enduring power of narrative in Scandinavian life.
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Perspectives on Power
An Inter-Disciplinary Approach
In this interdisciplinary collection, postgraduate researchers boldly explore power relations. Twenty-one articles spanning the arts and social sciences—from human rights to literature—reveal the many similarities that exist between these distinct disciplines.
In this interdisciplinary collection, postgraduate researchers boldly explore power relations. Twenty-one articles spanning the arts and social sciences—from human rights to literature—reveal the many similarities that exist between these distinct disciplines.
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Traumatic Affect examines the intersection of trauma and affect theory. This collection of essays offers timely critiques of film, art, and politics, venturing into bold new territories to illuminate pressing realities that demand our engagement.
Traumatic Affect examines the intersection of trauma and affect theory. This collection of essays offers timely critiques of film, art, and politics, venturing into bold new territories to illuminate pressing realities that demand our engagement.
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Essays in Defence of the Female Sex
Custom, Education and Authority in Seventeenth-Century England
This volume explores the pivotal figures and contradictions of the *querelle des femmes* in Stuart England. Through an analysis of early feminist pamphlets, it sheds light on women’s difficult path towards emancipation and a new kind of thought.
This volume explores the pivotal figures and contradictions of the *querelle des femmes* in Stuart England. Through an analysis of early feminist pamphlets, it sheds light on women’s difficult path towards emancipation and a new kind of thought.
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Imagining the Mexican Revolution
Versions and Visions in Literature and Visual Culture
In this original collection of essays, leading Mexicanists evaluate the cultural legacy of Mexico’s 1910 Revolution. These cutting-edge essays examine the literary and visual representations of this landmark event and the complexity of its aftermath.
In this original collection of essays, leading Mexicanists evaluate the cultural legacy of Mexico’s 1910 Revolution. These cutting-edge essays examine the literary and visual representations of this landmark event and the complexity of its aftermath.
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Le biographique n'est pas épuisé : il déborde la biographie. Cet ouvrage propose un état de la réflexion sur le sujet, au croisement des sciences sociales et de la littérature, au point de rencontre entre science et fiction.
Le biographique n’est pas épuisé : il déborde la biographie. Cet ouvrage propose un état de la réflexion sur le sujet, au croisement des sciences sociales et de la littérature, au point de rencontre entre science et fiction.
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Theory That Matters
What Practice After Theory
Theory That Matters offers an up-to-date assessment of literary and cultural theory. The volume launches a defence of theory, demonstrating this is not achieved at the expense of praxis, but by showing its currency through a variety of contexts.
Theory That Matters offers an up-to-date assessment of literary and cultural theory. The volume launches a defence of theory, demonstrating this is not achieved at the expense of praxis, but by showing its currency through a variety of contexts.
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This volume explores the bond between man and nature through literary and visual works by Native and non-Native artists. It re-imagines our outlook on indigenous production, revealing how the non-human provides a key to understanding our world.
This volume explores the bond between man and nature through literary and visual works by Native and non-Native artists. It re-imagines our outlook on indigenous production, revealing how the non-human provides a key to understanding our world.
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As Time Goes By
Portraits of Age
This volume provides literary analyses of ageing through writers from Cervantes to Cixous. Exploring universal themes, these essays offer portraits of what age is, has been, and might be, demonstrating literature's power to reflect social trends.
This volume provides literary analyses of ageing through writers from Cervantes to Cixous. Exploring universal themes, these essays offer portraits of what age is, has been, and might be, demonstrating literature’s power to reflect social trends.
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Albert Camus’s The Stranger
Critical Essays
This collection of critical essays by international experts examines Camus’s The Stranger from both philosophical and literary perspectives. Presenting the first known critical examination in English, this volume sheds new light on the classic novel.
This collection of critical essays by international experts examines Camus’s The Stranger from both philosophical and literary perspectives. Presenting the first known critical examination in English, this volume sheds new light on the classic novel.
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“The Real Thing”
Essays on Tom Stoppard in Celebration of his 75th Birthday
Tom Stoppard is the most significant living British dramatist. The critical essays in this volume celebrate his insightful and wry work, addressing well-known plays like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead as well as his critically neglected fiction.
Tom Stoppard is the most significant living British dramatist. The critical essays in this volume celebrate his insightful and wry work, addressing well-known plays like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead as well as his critically neglected fiction.
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Claiming Sylvia Plath
The Poet as Exemplary Figure
Claiming Sylvia Plath is a critical study of the public obsession with the poet. It explores how she has been claimed by critics, feminists, and biographers to further theories, politics, and careers, offering new perspectives on her public image.
Claiming Sylvia Plath is a critical study of the public obsession with the poet. It explores how she has been claimed by critics, feminists, and biographers to further theories, politics, and careers, offering new perspectives on her public image.
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Innocence and Loss
Representations of War and National Identity in the United States
A fierce outcry for war has long dominated American culture, a deadly current coursing throughout its history. This collection of essays explores how the “compulsive redeployment of innocence” in America’s wars “endlessly defers a national reckoning.”
A fierce outcry for war has long dominated American culture, a deadly current coursing throughout its history. This collection of essays explores how the “compulsive redeployment of innocence” in America’s wars “endlessly defers a national reckoning.”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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