South African Literary Cultural Nationalism—Abalobi beSizwe eMzansi—1918-45
Returning to the Source
Creary’s intellectual history uses Amílcar Cabral’s theory of the “return to the source” to examine Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi, Vilakazi’s poetry, and Jordan’s The Wrath of the Ancestors within the broader context of African cultural nationalisms in the early twentieth century.
Creary’s intellectual history uses Amílcar Cabral’s theory of the “return to the source” to examine Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi, Vilakazi’s poetry, and Jordan’s The Wrath of the Ancestors within the broader context of African cultural nationalisms in the early twentieth century.
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Das examines the theories of nation and national identity in both the West (according to the theories of Benedict Anderson and Salman Rushdie) and in the East (in the light of the works of Jawaharlal Nehru) as they apply to the novels of Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai.
Das examines the theories of nation and national identity in both the West (according to the theories of Benedict Anderson and Salman Rushdie) and in the East (in the light of the works of Jawaharlal Nehru) as they apply to the novels of Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai.
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Homosexuality, bisexuality, transvestitism and trans-genders represented new ideas and mentalities which shattered nineteenth-century Italy. This book offers a comprehensive overview of this phenomenon and makes a major contribution to Italian studies and modern European history.
Homosexuality, bisexuality, transvestitism and trans-genders represented new ideas and mentalities which shattered nineteenth-century Italy. This book offers a comprehensive overview of this phenomenon and makes a major contribution to Italian studies and modern European history.
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The Familiar Essay, Romantic Affect and Metropolitan Culture
The Sweet Security of Streets
Through close readings of texts by Lamb, De Quincey and Poe, among others, Hull argues that the familiar essay in the Romantic period embodies a quintessentially metropolitan mode of affect, and that its generic traits predispose it to the expression of a detached state of mind.
Through close readings of texts by Lamb, De Quincey and Poe, among others, Hull argues that the familiar essay in the Romantic period embodies a quintessentially metropolitan mode of affect, and that its generic traits predispose it to the expression of a detached state of mind.
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The studies gathered here engage in different ways with the ideas of André Jolles (1874–1946), whose Einfache Formen (“Simple Forms”) was first published in 1930. This anthology will be of interest to scholars of medieval and early modern Spanish, Catalan and Latin literature.
The studies gathered here engage in different ways with the ideas of André Jolles (1874–1946), whose Einfache Formen (“Simple Forms”) was first published in 1930. This anthology will be of interest to scholars of medieval and early modern Spanish, Catalan and Latin literature.
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A History of the Lie of Innocence in Literature
Sons Who Become Orphans
Tracing history of the “lie of innocence” as represented in literary texts from the late 18th century until today, Le Cudennec explores the relationship between fathers and sons, arguing that the shedding of paternal ties represents the possibility of an “innocence of becoming”.
Tracing history of the “lie of innocence” as represented in literary texts from the late 18th century until today, Le Cudennec explores the relationship between fathers and sons, arguing that the shedding of paternal ties represents the possibility of an “innocence of becoming”.
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Studying the millennial history of the Indian subcontinent, this collection questions various linguistic, literary and artistic appropriations of the past. It does this to address the conflicting comprehensions of the present and the figuring/imagining of a possible future.
Studying the millennial history of the Indian subcontinent, this collection questions various linguistic, literary and artistic appropriations of the past. It does this to address the conflicting comprehensions of the present and the figuring/imagining of a possible future.
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Business and Institutional Translation
New Insights and Reflections
As the demand for economic, business, and financial translation increases, this peer-reviewed publication gathers practitioners, researchers, and teachers to discuss new issues in institutional, finance, and specialized translation.
As the demand for economic, business, and financial translation increases, this peer-reviewed publication gathers practitioners, researchers, and teachers to discuss new issues in institutional, finance, and specialized translation.
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Ben-Messahel investigates the issues of space, culture and identity in recent Australian fiction. Applying Nicolas Bourriaud’s concept of the Radicant, she discusses the work of 15 authors to show that, in Australia, cultural belonging is still a difficult process.
Ben-Messahel investigates the issues of space, culture and identity in recent Australian fiction. Applying Nicolas Bourriaud’s concept of the Radicant, she discusses the work of 15 authors to show that, in Australia, cultural belonging is still a difficult process.
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The Partition of India
Beyond Improbable Lines
This anthology considers the representation of one of the most traumatic events in the history of India―the 1947 Partition―in literature and cinematographic adaptations. It discusses various strategies of representation at work in the process of remembering Partition.
This anthology considers the representation of one of the most traumatic events in the history of India―the 1947 Partition―in literature and cinematographic adaptations. It discusses various strategies of representation at work in the process of remembering Partition.
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New Approaches to Human Dignity in the Context of Qur’ānic Anthropology
The Quest for Humanity
Gathering modern Muslim and non-Muslim approaches to human dignity, this text presents approaches to Islamic theological anthropology. It focuses on the specific ‘grammars’ of anthropological narratives regarding the Qur’ān itself and performative discourse interpretations.
Gathering modern Muslim and non-Muslim approaches to human dignity, this text presents approaches to Islamic theological anthropology. It focuses on the specific ‘grammars’ of anthropological narratives regarding the Qur’ān itself and performative discourse interpretations.
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This book re-evaluates William Morris by exploring the territories between his art and politics. This “in-between-ness” is his most remarkable quality, securing his unique position and inspiring new insights into a universe that could have no boundaries.
This book re-evaluates William Morris by exploring the territories between his art and politics. This “in-between-ness” is his most remarkable quality, securing his unique position and inspiring new insights into a universe that could have no boundaries.
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Contested Spaces in Contemporary North American Novels
Reading for Space
Tabur discusses the ways in which the work of Toni Morrison, Dionne Brand, Jhumpa Lahiri and Carolyn See engage with the physical, ideological, and socially constructed “real-and-imagined” spaces of colonialism, justice, diaspora, and risk.
Tabur discusses the ways in which the work of Toni Morrison, Dionne Brand, Jhumpa Lahiri and Carolyn See engage with the physical, ideological, and socially constructed “real-and-imagined” spaces of colonialism, justice, diaspora, and risk.
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New Postcolonial Dialectics
An Intercultural Comparison of Indian and Nigerian English Plays
This book scrutinizes how Indian and Nigerian plays reframed their cultural terrain in international terms. It offers a comparative guide for studying literatures from Asia and Africa, providing an essential framework for all intercultural literary studies.
This book scrutinizes how Indian and Nigerian plays reframed their cultural terrain in international terms. It offers a comparative guide for studying literatures from Asia and Africa, providing an essential framework for all intercultural literary studies.
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Celebrating the centenary of Anthony Burgess’s birth, this volume reveals the true relation that the British author had with France. It explores, among other topics, the sizeable French literary and musical heritage that inspired Burgess in his creations and adaptations.
Celebrating the centenary of Anthony Burgess’s birth, this volume reveals the true relation that the British author had with France. It explores, among other topics, the sizeable French literary and musical heritage that inspired Burgess in his creations and adaptations.
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Ivanova considers the persistent tendency to represent the “Middle East” as a region enclosed in less permeable boundaries through an analysis of the works of Rabih Alameddine, Diana Abu-Jaber, Laila Halaby and Elif Shafak.
Ivanova considers the persistent tendency to represent the “Middle East” as a region enclosed in less permeable boundaries through an analysis of the works of Rabih Alameddine, Diana Abu-Jaber, Laila Halaby and Elif Shafak.
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Women Poets and Myth in the 20th and 21st Centuries
On Sappho’s Website
This book examines women poets and theorists who engage with myth. From H.D. to Margaret Atwood and Anne Carson, they rewrite old myths and create new ones for the present, interrogating their power to articulate our reality and act as catalysts for new ideas.
This book examines women poets and theorists who engage with myth. From H.D. to Margaret Atwood and Anne Carson, they rewrite old myths and create new ones for the present, interrogating their power to articulate our reality and act as catalysts for new ideas.
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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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This monograph draws on structural issues underlying the on-going dispute between China and Japan concerning the Diaoyu/Diaoyutai Islands, along with the concomitant, multifaceted challenges that need to be investigated, in order to provide insights into Sino-Japanese relations.
This monograph draws on structural issues underlying the on-going dispute between China and Japan concerning the Diaoyu/Diaoyutai Islands, along with the concomitant, multifaceted challenges that need to be investigated, in order to provide insights into Sino-Japanese relations.
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Barnard restores the juvenile journal of Anna Seward, eighteenth-century poet, biographer, and letter-writer, to its original format, making the case for Seward’s importance as a social and cultural commentator.
Barnard restores the juvenile journal of Anna Seward, eighteenth-century poet, biographer, and letter-writer, to its original format, making the case for Seward’s importance as a social and cultural commentator.
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