Comparative literature

First published in 1982.

First published in 1970.

First published in 1970.

Writes of Passage explores the interplay between a system of "e;othering"e; which travelers bring to a place, and the "e;real"e; geographical difference they discover upon arrival.

Writes of Passage explores the interplay between a system of "e;othering"e; which travelers bring to a place, and the "e;real"e; geographical difference they discover upon arrival.

Solitary Pleasures is the first anthology to address masturbation, exploring both the history and artistic representation of autoeroticism.

Solitary Pleasures is the first anthology to address masturbation, exploring both the history and artistic representation of autoeroticism.

This fascinating and well researched study explores the meaning generated by `Africa' and `Blackness' throughout the century.

This fascinating and well researched study explores the meaning generated by `Africa' and `Blackness' throughout the century.

Naples was conventionally the southernmost stop of the Grand Tour beyond which, it was assumed, lay violent disorder: earthquakes, malaria, bandits, inhospitable inns, few roads and appalling food.

Naples was conventionally the southernmost stop of the Grand Tour beyond which, it was assumed, lay violent disorder: earthquakes, malaria, bandits, inhospitable inns, few roads and appalling food.

This book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century.

This book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century.

It has seemed at times that there is no neutral territory between those who see Bakhtin as the practitioner of a kind of neo-Marxist, or at least materialist, deconstruction and those who look at the same texts and see a defender of traditional, liberal humanist values and classical conceptions of order, a conservative in the true sense of the term.

It has seemed at times that there is no neutral territory between those who see Bakhtin as the practitioner of a kind of neo-Marxist, or at least materialist, deconstruction and those who look at the same texts and see a defender of traditional, liberal humanist values and classical conceptions of order, a conservative in the true sense of the term.

This is the first complete introduction to and analysis of the politics of the internet.

This is the first complete introduction to and analysis of the politics of the internet.

This study, exploring a broad range of evocative Irish travel writing from 1850 to 1914, much of it highly entertaining and heavily laced with irony and humour, draws out interplays between tourism, travel literature and commodifications of culture.

This study, exploring a broad range of evocative Irish travel writing from 1850 to 1914, much of it highly entertaining and heavily laced with irony and humour, draws out interplays between tourism, travel literature and commodifications of culture.

Helene Cixous -- author, playwright and French feminist theorist -- is a key figure in twentieth-century literary theory.

Helene Cixous -- author, playwright and French feminist theorist -- is a key figure in twentieth-century literary theory.

This book is a ground-breaking transnational study of representations of the environment in Asian American literature.

This book is a ground-breaking transnational study of representations of the environment in Asian American literature.

In this volume, the author offers a substantial reconsideration of same-sex relations in the early modern period, and argues that early modern writers - rather than simply celebrating a classical friendship model based in dyadic exclusivity and a rejection of self-interest - sought to innovate on classical models for idealized friendship.

In this volume, the author offers a substantial reconsideration of same-sex relations in the early modern period, and argues that early modern writers - rather than simply celebrating a classical friendship model based in dyadic exclusivity and a rejection of self-interest - sought to innovate on classical models for idealized friendship.

An Education in Facebook?

An Education in Facebook?

Now Read On brings together literatures in English from around the world, combining an excellent choice of texts with sound methodological guidance.

Now Read On brings together literatures in English from around the world, combining an excellent choice of texts with sound methodological guidance.

Parody is part of all our lives.

Parody is part of all our lives.

This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana.

This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana.

Para/Inquiry represents the next generation of postmodern studies.

Para/Inquiry represents the next generation of postmodern studies.

The World Wide Web is transforming the way that information is distributed, received and acted upon.

The World Wide Web is transforming the way that information is distributed, received and acted upon.

Many well-known male writers produced fictions about colonial spaces and discussed the advantages of realism over romance, and vice versa, in the 'art of fiction' debate of the 1880s; but how did female writers contribute to colonial fiction?

Many well-known male writers produced fictions about colonial spaces and discussed the advantages of realism over romance, and vice versa, in the 'art of fiction' debate of the 1880s; but how did female writers contribute to colonial fiction?

This is the ideal guide for those studying contemporary fiction for the first time.

This is the ideal guide for those studying contemporary fiction for the first time.

Repositioning Shakespeare offers an original assessment of a broad range of texts and cultural events that appropriate Shakespeare.

Repositioning Shakespeare offers an original assessment of a broad range of texts and cultural events that appropriate Shakespeare.

How do the Japanese and Okinawans remember Occupation?

How do the Japanese and Okinawans remember Occupation?

Wilson Harris is one of the outstanding literary innovators of the century.

Wilson Harris is one of the outstanding literary innovators of the century.

Digital Democracy considers how technological developments might combine with underlying social, economic and political conditions to produce new vehicles for democratic practice.