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31 produkter
Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc
Iconographies of Difference
Av Joel Merriner, Matthew Sangster
Inbunden, 2025
1376 kr
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A comprehensive history and analysis of the Soviet illustrated editions of The Lord of the Rings published between 1981 and 1993, this book explores the production and reception of these works against a backdrop of oppressive state censorship, restrictive publishing practices and logistical …
Life in London
Or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis
Av Pierce Egan, John Gardner m. fl.
Inbunden, 2027
239 kr
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'Tom was the gayest of the gay! Pleasure was his idol—novelty his ruling passion—and to gratify this propensity, every avenue was traced that led to it.'Life in London was a smash hit sensation when it appeared serially between 1820 and 1821. Its plot is ostensibly simple: the country …
Realms of Imagination
Essays from the Wide Worlds of Fantasy
Av Tanya Kirk, Tanya Kirk m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
373 kr
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'Fantasy, we know, from the oldest stories in the oldest languages, has always been with us.' - Neil Gaiman, 'Preface'Fantasy is an expansive genre, encompassing sprawling epics, ancient folklore, impossible worlds and forays into the dark and horrifying. In this new volume, twenty authors have …
An Introduction to Fantasy
Inbunden, 2023
1516 kr
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Providing an engaging and accessible introduction to the Fantasy genre in literature, media and culture, this incisive volume explores why Fantasy matters in the context of its unique affordances, its disparate pasts and its extraordinary current flourishing. It pays especial attention to Fantasy's …
An Introduction to Fantasy
Häftad, 2023
512 kr
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Providing an engaging and accessible introduction to the Fantasy genre in literature, media and culture, this incisive volume explores why Fantasy matters in the context of its unique affordances, its disparate pasts and its extraordinary current flourishing. It pays especial attention to Fantasy's …
Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900
Häftad, 2025
448 kr
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This collection provides students and researchers with a new and lively understanding of the role of institutions in the production, reception, and meaning of literature in the period 1700-1900. The period saw a fundamental transition from a patronage system to a marketplace in which institutions …
Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900
Inbunden, 2022
1554 kr
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This collection provides students and researchers with a new and lively understanding of the role of institutions in the production, reception, and meaning of literature in the period 1700-1900. The period saw a fundamental transition from a patronage system to a marketplace in which institutions …
Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900
E-bok, 2022
422 kr
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This collection provides students and researchers with a new and lively understanding of the role of institutions in the production, reception, and meaning of literature in the period 1700–1900. The period saw a fundamental transition from a patronage system to a marketplace in which institutions …
Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900
E-bok, 2022
422 kr
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This collection provides students and researchers with a new and lively understanding of the role of institutions in the production, reception, and meaning of literature in the period 1700–1900. The period saw a fundamental transition from a patronage system to a marketplace in which institutions …
Queering Faith in Fantasy Literature
Fantastic Incarnations and the Deconstruction of Theology
Av Taylor Driggers, Matthew Sangster
Inbunden, 2022
1551 kr
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Fantasy literature inhabits the realms of the orthodox and heterodox, the divine and demonic simultaneously, making it uniquely positioned to imaginatively re-envision Christian theology from a position of difference. Having an affinity for the monstrous and the ‘other’, and a preoccupation with …
Queering Faith in Fantasy Literature
Fantastic Incarnations and the Deconstruction of Theology
Av Taylor Driggers, Matthew Sangster
Häftad, 2023
495 kr
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Fantasy literature inhabits the realms of the orthodox and heterodox, the divine and demonic simultaneously, making it uniquely positioned to imaginatively re-envision Christian theology from a position of difference. Having an affinity for the monstrous and the ‘other’, and a preoccupation with …
Mapping Middle-earth
Environmental and Political Narratives in J. R. R. Tolkien's Cartographies
Av Anahit Behrooz, Matthew Sangster
Inbunden, 2024
1308 kr
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In this cutting-edge study of Tolkien’s most critically neglected maps, Anahit Behrooz examines how cartography has traditionally been bound up in facilitating power. Far more than just illustrations to aid understanding of the story, Tolkien’s corpus of maps are crucial to understanding the …
Mapping Middle-earth
Environmental and Political Narratives in J. R. R. Tolkien's Cartographies
Av Anahit Behrooz, Matthew Sangster
Häftad, 2024
426 kr
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In this cutting-edge study of Tolkien’s most critically neglected maps, Anahit Behrooz examines how cartography has traditionally been bound up in facilitating power. Far more than just illustrations to aid understanding of the story, Tolkien’s corpus of maps are crucial to understanding the …
Justice in 21st-Century Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder
Av Cristina Bacchilega, Pauline Greenhill m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1389 kr
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Exploring a range of international works such as films, streaming television series, a graphic novel, and a picture book, this open access book interrogates how, and to what extent, fairy tales are put to work for justice in the areas of environment and ecology, kinship and family, ability and …
Justice in 21st-Century Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder
Av Cristina Bacchilega, Pauline Greenhill m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
479 kr
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Exploring a range of international works such as films, streaming television series, a graphic novel, and a picture book, this open access book interrogates how, and to what extent, fairy tales are put to work for justice in the areas of environment and ecology, kinship and family, ability and …
Fanfiction as Queer Healing
Femslash Authorship and the Swan Queen Ship
Av Alice M. Chapman-Kelly, Matthew Sangster
Inbunden, 2024
1208 kr
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Exploring the phenomenon of Femslash fanfiction (fan narratives that bring together heterosexual female characters from mainstream media and fiction), this book analyses fan-authored works as forms of literature worthy of studying at length. It examines the anti-racist, feminist, sapphic fan works …
Fanfiction as Queer Healing
Femslash Authorship and the Swan Queen Ship
Av Alice M. Chapman-Kelly, Matthew Sangster m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
417 kr
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Exploring the phenomenon of Femslash fanfiction (fan narratives that bring together heterosexual female characters from mainstream media and fiction), this book analyses fan-authored works as forms of literature worthy of studying at length. It examines the anti-racist, feminist, sapphic fan works …
William Hope Hodgson and the Rise of the Weird
Possibilities of the Dark
Av Timothy S. Murphy, Matthew Sangster
Inbunden, 2023
1470 kr
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The first comprehensive study of the works of William Hope Hodgson, one of the true innovators of Weird fiction, this book examines the Weird novels and stories upon which his posthumous reputation rests, his non-fantastic writing, identifiable literary influences, and the historical contexts in …
William Hope Hodgson and the Rise of the Weird
Possibilities of the Dark
Av Timothy S. Murphy, Matthew Sangster
Häftad, 2025
479 kr
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The first comprehensive study of the works of William Hope Hodgson, one of the true innovators of Weird fiction, this book examines the Weird novels and stories upon which his posthumous reputation rests, his non-fantastic writing, identifiable literary influences, and the historical contexts in …
Reading Tolkien in Chinese
Religion, Fantasy and Translation
Av Eric Reinders, Matthew Sangster
Inbunden, 2024
1470 kr
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Approaching translations of Tolkien's works as stories in their own right, this book reads multiple Chinese translations of Tolkien's writing to uncover the new and unique perspectives that enrich the meaning of the original texts. Exploring translations of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The …
Reading Tolkien in Chinese
Religion, Fantasy and Translation
Av Eric Reinders, Matthew Sangster
Häftad, 2025
479 kr
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Approaching translations of Tolkien's works as stories in their own right, this book reads multiple Chinese translations of Tolkien's writing to uncover the new and unique perspectives that enrich the meaning of the original texts. Exploring translations of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The …
Fantasy and the Politics of Subversion
Speculative Writing in Colonial India
Av Mayurika Chakravorty, Matthew Sangster
Inbunden, 2025
1389 kr
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Focusing on a corpus of fantasy texts written in colonial India during the late 19th and early 20th century, this book explores the origins, motivations, nature, and role of fantasy and speculative writing during a period of tremendous social and political churning.Taking stock of Bengali texts …
Reading Length in Fantasy Fiction
Av Matthew Oliver, Matthew Sangster
Inbunden, 2026
1385 kr
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Reframing debates surrounding long narratives to explore their impact, this book develops a critical vocabulary for discussing the formal, social, and political affordances of length and duration in fantasy novels, and by extension, other genres.Beloved by fans, fantasy books frequently receive …
Speculative Mimesis in Fantasy Literature
Rethinking Relations Between Fiction and Reality
Av Elise Kraatila, Matthew Sangster
Inbunden, 2025
1389 kr
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With perceptions of reality in the 21st-century increasingly seen as pluralistic and a matter of interpretation, this open access book identifies fantasy literature as a uniquely and highly effective form of storytelling for engaging with our contemporary sense of reality in all its fluidity and …
Remediating the 1820s
Inbunden, 2022
2270 kr
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Reconsiders the 1820s, an unjustly neglected, highly self-conscious decade defined by massive and anxiety-inducing cultural transformations.Innovative essays cover a broad range of interdisciplinary topics, including book history, periodical culture, media forms, music, theatre, visual art, and …
Remediating the 1820s
Häftad, 2024
404 kr
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The 1820s has commonly been overlooked in literary and cultural studies, seen as a barren interregnum between the achievements of Romanticism and the Victorian era proper, or, at best, as a time of transition bridging two major periods of cultural production. This volume contends that the …
Living as an Author in the Romantic Period
Inbunden, 2021
1322 kr
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This book explores how authors profited from their writings in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, contending that the most tangible benefits were social, rather than financial or aesthetic. It examines authors’ interactions with publishers; the challenges of literary sociability; …
Living as an Author in the Romantic Period
E-bok, 2021
1776 kr
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This book explores how authors profited from their writings in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, contending that the most tangible benefits were social, rather than financial or aesthetic. It examines authors’ interactions with publishers; the challenges of literary sociability; …
