Critical Perspectives on English and American Literature, Communication and Culture – serie
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Means Matter
Market Fructification of Innovative American Poetry in the Late 20th Century
Av Manuel Brito, Manuel Brito m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
630 kr
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This book is a major source for scholars of the latest American poetry. These exciting essays comprise energy and documented discussions on experimentalism, multiculturalism, hyperspace, and gender. Anthologies and little magazines form the matrix for this exploration on conceptual issues …
Women in Nabokov’s Life and Art
Av Nailya Garipova, Juan José Torres Núñez
Häftad, 2015
1126 kr
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Despite the considerable amount of criticism that Vladimir Nabokov’s literary legacy has produced since the sixties, the studies on his female characters are scarce, except the ones on Lolita. This volume delves into Nabokov’s women from different perspectives and points of view. The contributions …
From Individual to Collective
Virginia Woolf’s Developing Concept of Consciousness
Av Masako Nasu
Häftad, 2016
1005 kr
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This book argues that a profound shift can be found in the works of Virginia Woolf, from an early «pursuit of the individual» to a late «pursuit of the collective». Evidence for this shift is found both in the narrative modes she employed and the methods by which thought is represented in the works …
Cultural Hybrids of (Post)Modernism
Japanese and Western Literature, Art and Philosophy
Av Beatriz Penas-Ibáñez, Akiko Manabe
Häftad, 2017
1226 kr
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Cultural Hybrids of (Post)Modernism starts from the premise that the literary-cultural milieu we live in is characteristically hybrid. To develop that premise, the present volume focuses on explaining the strong impact that Japanese culture, especially Japanese aesthetics, bore on Western …
Literary Creativity and the Older Woman Writer
A Collection of Critical Essays
Av Núria Casado-Gual, Emma Domínguez-Rué m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
1200 kr
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Literary studies and their associated critical theories offer a refreshing viewpoint from which humanist-oriented studies of ageing may be re-conceptualized, and an integrated view of ageing and gender can be developed. The present volume builds on the work of seminal authors in the field of …
Only Connect
E. M. Forster’s Legacies in British Fiction
Av Elsa Cavalié, Laurent Mellet
Häftad, 2017
1208 kr
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Since Forster’s death in 1970, many British novelists and film directors have acknowledged and even claimed the influence of the novelist of the English soul (in Woolf’s terms) and of a renewed faith in both human relationships and a quintessentially British liberal-humanism. After the ethical turn …
More Writers of the Spanish Civil War
Experience Put to Use
Häftad, 2018
1344 kr
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Further to the first book, Writers of the Spanish Civil War: The Testimony of Their Auto/Biographies (2011), which featured the writings on the war (1936–39) of six key British and American authors: Gerald Brenan, Robert Graves, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, Stephen Spender and Laurie Lee, this …
Gothic Metamorphoses across the Centuries
Contexts, Legacies, Media
Av Maurizio Ascari, Serena Baiesi m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
1187 kr
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This collection of essays brings together an international team of scholars with the aim to shed new light on various interconnected aspects of the Gothic through the lens of converging critical and methodological approaches. With its wide-ranging interdisciplinary perspective, the book explores …
Voss: An Australian Geographical and Literary Exploration
History and Travelling in the Fiction of Patrick White
Av Elena Ungari, Beatriz Penas-Ibáñez m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
1168 kr
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This study of Voss by the Anglo-Australian Patrick White analyses the historical novel, set in the 1850s and concerning Voss’s exploration of the interior of Australia, as a parable of the writer’s exploration of the Australian historical, social and cultural context of the 1950s. The study employs …
Romantic Escapes
Post-Millennial Trends in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction
Av Irene Pérez Fernández, Carmen Pérez Ríu
Häftad, 2021
850 kr
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Romance continues to stand as the most profitable literary genre and the second most read book category. The developments reshaping the conventions and marketing practices of popular fiction, both inside and beyond the books themselves, have affected the romance genre in specific ways that demand …
From East to West
The Portrayal of Nature in British Fantasy and its Projection in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Western American "Earthsea"
Av Martin Simonson, Jon Alkorta Martiartu m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
639 kr
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The portrayal of nature in the genre of fantasy fiction, from the Middle Ages to more modern times, has been conditioned by the diverging social, political and historical contexts. This book seeks to disclose how the natural world has been depicted within this genre during different periods, …
(Re)defining gender in early modern English drama
Power, sexualities and ideologies in text and performance
Av Laura Martínez-García, María José Álvarez-Faedo
Häftad, 2021
832 kr
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Taking as its common thread the overtly theatrical nature of early modern society and its cultural and political manifestations this book studies dramatic texts, dedications, autobiographies, adaptations and performative practices, to prove that the boundaries between on and off stage performances …
Riddles and Wonders: Defining Humanity in Anglo-Saxon England
Av Jasmine Bria, María José Álvarez-Faedo m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
453 kr
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Throughout the history of human civilization, the definition of the animal and its relationship to humans have been contentious issues. This book investigates the notion of what constituted an animal in Early Medieval English culture as well as how the animal-human interaction is portrayed in the …
Fugitive Papers
Orinda’s Literary Career
Av Juan de Dios Torralbo Caballero, María José Álvarez-Faedo m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
500 kr
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When the book titled Poems. By the Incomparable Mrs K.P. was published in 1664 Katherine Philips herself defined it as "those fugitive papers that have escap'd my hands", expressing her reluctance to publish them and her aversion to her works appearing in print. Despite her (apparent) modesty, …
Spanish Perspectives on The American West in 21st-Century Literature, Cinema and Culture
Av Amaia Ibarraran Bigalondo, María José Álvarez-Faedo m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
685 kr
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This volume delves into the study of the American West from a Spanish perspective. Starting from the premise that the West as a geographical space and as a concept is undergoing a profound revision and that its impact, both in the USA and internationally, is unquestionable, it aims to contribute to …
Guardias civiles, bandoleros, gitanos, guerrilleros, contrabandistas, carabineros y turistas en la literatura inglesa contemporánea (1844-1994)
Av José Ruiz Mas, Manuel Brito m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1075 kr
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Varios personajes de la España de los siglos XIX y XX aparecen en la literatura inglesa, sobre todo en los libros de viajeros británicos, irlandeses y norteamericanos, con determinados perfiles literarios que los convierten en característicos, sin por ello llegar a resultar estereotipados o …
Ginealogías sáficas
De Katherine Philips a Jeanette Winterson
Av Marta Sofia López, Manuel Brito m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
584 kr
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Cada año se publican numerosos artículos y algún que otro libro sobre Safo. Ginealogías sáficas no es uno más. Ni siquiera es, quizá, un libro sobre Safo. Es el trabajo de una filóloga que sigue el rastro a una Safo angloparlante que nunca ha existido, pero tan real, tan irreal, como cualquiera de …
La década del miedo
Dramaturgias audiovisuales post-11 de septiembre
Häftad, 2013
953 kr
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Los atentados del once de septiembre de 2001 han dejado una huella imborrable en la cultura estadounidense en general y en las producciones audiovisuales en particular. En ellas, tanto los contenidos como los lenguajes reflejan el antes y el después de aquel día, las consecuencias del trauma …
El Héroe del Oeste en "Las Crónicas de Narnia"
Av Martin Simonson, Raul Montero Gilete m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
630 kr
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Este estudio sobre el mito del héroe en Las Crónicas de Narnia se fundamenta tanto en la crítica literaria y la bibliografía general y específica sobre el autor y su obra, como en las teorías de la literatura infantil y del héroe en las tradiciones literarias occidentales, incluido el Oeste …
No! In Whispers
The Rhetoric of Dissent in American Writing
Häftad, 2018
797 kr
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No! In Whispers is based on the assumption that dissent, particularly in literary writing, is not necessarily shouted. Rather, it is conveyed by means of persuasion strategies, through subtle transversal allusions and an undercurrent of moral analysis and protest, through what can metaphorically be …
