21st Century Perspectives on British Literature and Society – serie
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Rewriting the North
Contemporary British Fiction and the Cultural Politics of Devolution
Inbunden, 2023
2445 kr
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This book shows how twenty-first-century writing about Northern England imagines alternative democratic futures for the region and the English nation, signalling the growing awareness of England as a distinct and variegated political formation. In 2016, the Brexit vote intensified ongoing …
Terry Pratchett Could Save the World
Inbunden, 2023
2445 kr
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This monograph contends that attending to Pratchett’s work could help to save our world. It draws attention to the astonishing capacity of Pratchett’s novels to inspire and argues that Pratchett’s fantasy novels directly address many of the most significant challenges people in the world face: the …
Terry Pratchett Could Save the World
Häftad, 2024
726 kr
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This monograph contends that attending to Pratchett’s work could help to save our world. It draws attention to the astonishing capacity of Pratchett’s novels to inspire and argues that Pratchett’s fantasy novels directly address many of the most significant challenges people in the world face: the …
Donna Angelica and the British Enlightenment Poets
Six Studies from Butler to Crabbe
Av A.D. Cousins
Inbunden, 2024
2445 kr
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The aim of the book is to propose new interpretations of poets who are among the most valued and discussed in the British Enlightenment. In fulfilling its aim, the book covers English poetry—and intellectual history—from the Restoration to the later eighteenth century. It examines how the myth of …
Donna Angelica and the British Enlightenment Poets
Six Studies from Butler to Crabbe
Av A.D. Cousins
Häftad, 2026
809 kr
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The aim of the book is to propose new interpretations of poets who are among the most valued and discussed in the British Enlightenment. In fulfilling its aim, the book covers English poetry—and intellectual history—from the Restoration to the later eighteenth century. It examines how the myth of …
Rewriting the North
Contemporary British Fiction and the Cultural Politics of Devolution
Häftad, 2024
742 kr
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This book shows how twenty-first-century writing about Northern England imagines alternative democratic futures for the region and the English nation, signalling the growing awareness of England as a distinct and variegated political formation. In 2016, the Brexit vote intensified ongoing …
Myth of George Eliot
How Marian Evans Invented the Victorian Novelist
Inbunden, 2025
2879 kr
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George Eliot is a myth rather than a pseudonym. The writer Marian Evans invented the Victorian novelist as a character with a personality, a political view and a style that was received enthusiastically by the expanding mid-century readership, and just as enthusiastically rejected by the new …
Reading Richard III and the Tower of London
Inbunden, 2024
2445 kr
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This is the first book on Richard III and the Tower of London, shedding new light on the King’s reputation, the Castle’s lore, and early modern literature’s role in building associations between them. It is also one of the first books to integrate conceptual blending theory and spatial literary …
Reading Richard III and the Tower of London
Häftad, 2026
809 kr
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This is the first book on Richard III and the Tower of London, shedding new light on the King’s reputation, the Castle’s lore, and early modern literature’s role in building associations between them. It is also one of the first books to integrate conceptual blending theory and spatial literary …
Ian McEwan
Subversive Readings, Informed Misreadings
Inbunden, 2024
3146 kr
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This book offers a discussion of seven “canonical” novels by Ian McEwan (The Cement Garden, The Comfort of Strangers, The Child in Time, The Innocent, Black Dogs, Atonement, On Chesil Beach), introducing radical new readings, which are offered not as ultimate and conclusive “solutions” of the …
Ian McEwan
Subversive Readings, Informed Misreadings
Häftad, 2025
809 kr
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This book offers a discussion of seven “canonical” novels by Ian McEwan (The Cement Garden, The Comfort of Strangers, The Child in Time, The Innocent, Black Dogs, Atonement, On Chesil Beach), introducing radical new readings, which are offered not as ultimate and conclusive “solutions” of the …
Fictional Representations of (Un)ethical Journalistic Practices in Graham Greene’s Work
Burnt-Out Reporters
Inbunden, 2024
2879 kr
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British author Graham Greene pursued a professional career as a journalist before becoming a full-time writer. After that, he continued taking on reporting assignments as a correspondent for a variety of publications. Greene knew the profession inside out, and the role of the media in shaping the …
Fictional Representations of (Un)ethical Journalistic Practices in Graham Greene’s Work
Burnt-Out Reporters
Häftad, 2026
809 kr
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British author Graham Greene pursued a professional career as a journalist before becoming a full-time writer. After that, he continued taking on reporting assignments as a correspondent for a variety of publications. Greene knew the profession inside out, and the role of the media in shaping the …
Virtue Revisited in the Novels of Doris Lessing
Av Seda Arikan
Inbunden, 2024
2879 kr
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The ethical approaches to literature have come into prominence in the twentieth century, calling for a ‘turn to ethics’ in the studies of humanities, in general, and literary studies, in particular. By leading the ethical turn in literature, many theorists proposed a moral-oriented approach to …
Virtue Revisited in the Novels of Doris Lessing
Av Seda Arikan
Häftad, 2026
809 kr
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The ethical approaches to literature have come into prominence in the twentieth century, calling for a ‘turn to ethics’ in the studies of humanities, in general, and literary studies, in particular. By leading the ethical turn in literature, many theorists proposed a moral-oriented approach to …
Transmission of Knowledge in Eighteenth-Century Britain
A Digital Investigation
Av John Regan
Inbunden, 2025
2879 kr
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This book reimagines the history of knowledge in 18th-century Britain by exploring how ideas were transmitted and diffused across generations and disciplines. Drawing on innovative digital tools, it uncovers collective patterns in the language of science, philosophy and commerce, revealing how …
Harry Potter, Psychoanalysis, and the Unconscious Dimension
Av Mary Pyle
Inbunden, 2026
2879 kr
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Harry Potter, Psychoanalysis, and the Unconscious studies the Harry Potter series through the lens of psychoanalysis focusing on the importance of space and play between the Potterverse and its readers. Twenty-five years since the first Harry Potter novel was published the popularity of the series …
Decolonisation in British Muslim Women’s Writing
The Ontology of The Postcolonial Flâneuse
Inbunden, 2026
2879 kr
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Decolonisation in British Muslim Women’s Writing: The Ontology of The Postcolonial Flâneuse introduces the figure of the postcolonial flâneuse through five distinct modes of postcolonial flâneuserie: Activist, Dervish, Cyber, COVID-19 Pandemic and Punk postcolonial flâneuse. Bringing together …
Narrative Power of Domestic Space
Metaphors for Change in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Women’s Writing
Inbunden, 2026
2879 kr
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The Narrative Power of Domestic Space: Metaphors for Change in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Women’s Writing examines how domestic environments function as active agents in nineteenth- and twentieth-century British women’s fiction.Spanning the period 1847–1985, the book argues that …
