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Biopolitics of Gender in Science Fiction
Feminism and Female Machines
Inbunden, 2021
2451 kr
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Questioning essentialist forms of feminist discourse, this work develops an innovative approach to gender and feminist theory by drawing together the work of key feminist and gender theorists, such as Judith Butler and Donna Haraway, and the biopolitical philosophy of Giorgio Agamben and Gilles …
Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film
Rant Against the Regime
Av Kirk Combe
Inbunden, 2020
3154 kr
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Since 1980, when neoliberal and neoconservative forces began their hostile takeover of western culture, a new type of political satire has emerged that works to unmask and deter those toxic doctrines. Literary and cultural critic Kirk Combe calls this new form of satire the Rant. The Rant is grim, …
Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film
Rant Against the Regime
Av Kirk Combe
Häftad, 2023
795 kr
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Since 1980, when neoliberal and neoconservative forces began their hostile takeover of western culture, a new type of political satire has emerged that works to unmask and deter those toxic doctrines. Literary and cultural critic Kirk Combe calls this new form of satire the Rant. The Rant is grim, …
Biopolitics of Gender in Science Fiction
Feminism and Female Machines
Häftad, 2023
795 kr
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Questioning essentialist forms of feminist discourse, this work develops an innovative approach to gender and feminist theory by drawing together the work of key feminist and gender theorists, such as Judith Butler and Donna Haraway, and the biopolitical philosophy of Giorgio Agamben and Gilles …
Character and the Supernatural in Shakespeare and Achebe
Inbunden, 2021
2887 kr
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Through mainly a New Historicist critical approach, this book explores how Shakespeare and Achebe employ supernatural devices such as prophecies, dreams, gods/goddesses, beliefs, and divinations to create complex characters. Even though these features indicate the preponderance of the belief in the …
Character and the Supernatural in Shakespeare and Achebe
Häftad, 2023
744 kr
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Through mainly a New Historicist critical approach, this book explores how Shakespeare and Achebe employ supernatural devices such as prophecies, dreams, gods/goddesses, beliefs, and divinations to create complex characters. Even though these features indicate the preponderance of the belief in the …
Lovecraft in the 21st Century
Dead, But Still Dreaming
Av Antonio Alcala Gonzalez, Carl H. Sederholm
Inbunden, 2021
3154 kr
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Lovecraft in the 21st Century assembles reflections from a wide range of perspectives on the significance of Lovecraft’s influence in contemporary times. Building on a focus centered on the Anthropocene, adaptation, and visual media, the chapters in this collection focus on the following topics: …
Lovecraft in the 21st Century
Dead, But Still Dreaming
Av Antonio Alcala Gonzalez, Carl H. Sederholm
Häftad, 2023
861 kr
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Lovecraft in the 21st Century assembles reflections from a wide range of perspectives on the significance of Lovecraft’s influence in contemporary times. Building on a focus centered on the Anthropocene, adaptation, and visual media, the chapters in this collection focus on the following topics: …
Human Evolution and Fantastic Victorian Fiction
Av Anna Neill
Inbunden, 2021
2887 kr
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Following the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, Victorian anthropology made two apparently contradictory claims: it distinguished "civilized man" from animals and "primitive" humans and it linked them though descent. Paradoxically, it was by placing human history in a deep past …
Genre and Reception in the Gothic Parody
Framing the Subversive Heroine
Inbunden, 2021
2887 kr
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This book brings together an analysis of the theoretical connection of genre, reception, and frame theory and a practical demonstration thereof, using a set of parodies of the first wave of the Gothic novel, ranging from well-known titles such as Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, to little known and …
Human Evolution and Fantastic Victorian Fiction
Av Anna Neill
Häftad, 2023
744 kr
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Following the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, Victorian anthropology made two apparently contradictory claims: it distinguished "civilized man" from animals and "primitive" humans and it linked them though descent. Paradoxically, it was by placing human history in a deep past …
Genre and Reception in the Gothic Parody
Framing the Subversive Heroine
Häftad, 2023
795 kr
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This book brings together an analysis of the theoretical connection of genre, reception, and frame theory and a practical demonstration thereof, using a set of parodies of the first wave of the Gothic novel, ranging from well-known titles such as Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, to little known and …
Posthuman Subjectivity in the Novels of J.G. Ballard
Av Carolyn Lau
Inbunden, 2023
2887 kr
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This book proposes that Ballard’s novels extrapolate the formation of a posthuman subjectivity that is centred around an affirmative understanding of what a human body can do. This new subjectivity transforms constraints and prescribed desires into creative openings in a hyper-mediated control …
Contemporary Pakistani Speculative Fiction and the Global Imaginary
Democratizing Human Futures
Av Shazia Sadaf, Aroosa Kanwal
Inbunden, 2023
2887 kr
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As the first book-length study of emergent Pakistani speculative fiction written in English, this critical work explores the ways in which contemporary Pakistani authors extend the genre in new directions by challenging the cognitive majoritarianism (usually Western) in this field. Responding to …
Motherless Creations
Fictions of Artificial Life, 1650-1890
Inbunden, 2022
3154 kr
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This book explains the elimination of maternal characters in American, British, French, and German literature before 1890 by examining motherless creations: Pygmalion’s statue, Frankenstein’s creature, homunculi, automata, androids, golems, and steam men. These beings typify what is now called …
Motherless Creations
Fictions of Artificial Life, 1650-1890
Häftad, 2024
828 kr
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This book explains the elimination of maternal characters in American, British, French, and German literature before 1890 by examining motherless creations: Pygmalion’s statue, Frankenstein’s creature, homunculi, automata, androids, golems, and steam men. These beings typify what is now called …
Dystopia in Arabic Speculative Fiction
A Poetics of Distress
Inbunden, 2023
2887 kr
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Dystopia in Arabic Speculative Fiction: A Poetics of Distress unpacks the nuanced Arabic contribution to speculative fiction. Part of a larger project by Elmeligi to formulate a poetics of literary theory to read Arabic literature, this book examines Arabic dystopian fiction from the lens of social …
Dystopia in Arabic Speculative Fiction
A Poetics of Distress
Häftad, 2024
744 kr
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Dystopia in Arabic Speculative Fiction: A Poetics of Distress unpacks the nuanced Arabic contribution to speculative fiction. Part of a larger project by Elmeligi to formulate a poetics of literary theory to read Arabic literature, this book examines Arabic dystopian fiction from the lens of social …
Rethinking Gothic Transgressions of Gender and Sexuality
New Directions in Gothic Studies
Av Sarah Faber, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein
Inbunden, 2024
2887 kr
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From early examples of queer representation in mainstream media to present-day dissolutions of the human-nature boundary, the Gothic is always concerned with delineating and transgressing the norms that regulate society and speak to our collective fears and anxieties.This volume examines British …
Rethinking Gothic Transgressions of Gender and Sexuality
New Directions in Gothic Studies
Av Sarah Faber, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein
Häftad, 2025
811 kr
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From early examples of queer representation in mainstream media to present-day dissolutions of the human-nature boundary, the Gothic is always concerned with delineating and transgressing the norms that regulate society and speak to our collective fears and anxieties.This volume examines British …
J.R.R. Tolkien in Central Europe
Context, Directions, and the Legacy
Av Janka Kascakova, David Levente Palatinus
Inbunden, 2023
2887 kr
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This volume is a long overdue contribution to the dynamic, but unevenly distributed study of fantasy and J.R.R. Tolkien’s legacy in Central Europe. The chapters move between and across theories of cultural and social history, reception, adaptation, and audience studies, and offer methodological …
J.R.R. Tolkien in Central Europe
Context, Directions, and the Legacy
Av Janka Kascakova, David Levente Palatinus
Häftad, 2024
744 kr
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This volume is a long overdue contribution to the dynamic, but unevenly distributed study of fantasy and J.R.R. Tolkien’s legacy in Central Europe. The chapters move between and across theories of cultural and social history, reception, adaptation, and audience studies, and offer methodological …
Posthuman Subjectivity in the Novels of J.G. Ballard
Av Carolyn Lau
Häftad, 2024
744 kr
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This book proposes that Ballard’s novels extrapolate the formation of a posthuman subjectivity that is centred around an affirmative understanding of what a human body can do. This new subjectivity transforms constraints and prescribed desires into creative openings in a hyper-mediated control …
Contemporary Pakistani Speculative Fiction and the Global Imaginary
Democratizing Human Futures
Av Shazia Sadaf, Aroosa Kanwal
Häftad, 2024
744 kr
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As the first book-length study of emergent Pakistani speculative fiction written in English, this critical work explores the ways in which contemporary Pakistani authors extend the genre in new directions by challenging the cognitive majoritarianism (usually Western) in this field. Responding to …
Magic, Masculinity, and Form in English Poetry from Shakespeare to Yeats
Sons of Demons
Inbunden, 2026
2846 kr
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Magic, Masculinity, and Form in English Poetry from Shakespeare to Yeats: Sons of Demons is the first study of how the poetry of five male writers across three literary periods represents magic and its intersections with gender discourse, with a focus on masculinity and patriarchy. The monograph's …
Fictional Languages in Science Fiction Literature
Stylistic Explorations
Inbunden, 2024
2887 kr
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Fictional Languages in Science Fiction Literature surveys a large number of fictional languages, those created as part of a literary world, to present a multifaceted account of the literary phenomenon of glossopoesis (language invention). Consisting of a few untranslated sentences, exotic names, or …
Fictional Languages in Science Fiction Literature
Stylistic Explorations
Häftad, 2025
811 kr
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Fictional Languages in Science Fiction Literature surveys a large number of fictional languages, those created as part of a literary world, to present a multifaceted account of the literary phenomenon of glossopoesis (language invention). Consisting of a few untranslated sentences, exotic names, or …
Caribbean Futurism and Beyond
Conversations with Writers of Folklore, Fantasy, Science, and Speculative Fiction
Inbunden, 2025
2887 kr
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Caribbean Futurism and Beyond is a tripartite combination of interviews with writers of the sf (speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and folklore) genre, literary and cultural analysis of those interviews within the context of seven discrete yet overlapping dimensions – folklore, …
Caribbean Futurism and Beyond
Conversations with Writers of Folklore, Fantasy, Science, and Speculative Fiction
Häftad, 2026
800 kr
Kommande
Caribbean Futurism and Beyond is a tripartite combination of interviews with writers of the sf (speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and folklore) genre, literary and cultural analysis of those interviews within the context of seven discrete yet overlapping dimensions – folklore, …
Ecological Imaginary in Literature and Other Media
The Nature of Fantasy
Inbunden, 2025
2887 kr
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From Gilgamesh to Gawain and the Green Knight, the Brothers Grimm to Grimdark, the natural world has provided the backdrop for Fantasy since its earliest iterations. The playgrounds of childhood are often a writer’s first Fantasy landscape and can develop into fully fledged storyworlds. Do readers …
