Comparative literature

Closet Drama: History, Theory, Form introduces the emerging field of Closet Drama Studies by featuring twelve original essays from distinguished scholars who offer fresh and illuminating perspectives on closet drama as a genre.

Closet Drama: History, Theory, Form introduces the emerging field of Closet Drama Studies by featuring twelve original essays from distinguished scholars who offer fresh and illuminating perspectives on closet drama as a genre.

The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augments the narcissistic tendencies of our neo-liberal age.

The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augments the narcissistic tendencies of our neo-liberal age.

Reading Literary Animals explores the status and representation of animals in literature from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Reading Literary Animals explores the status and representation of animals in literature from the Middle Ages to the present day.

In this timely and dynamic collection of essays, Laura Dubek brings together a diverse group of scholars to explore the literary response to the most significant social movement of the twentieth century.

In this timely and dynamic collection of essays, Laura Dubek brings together a diverse group of scholars to explore the literary response to the most significant social movement of the twentieth century.

Modernism After the Death of God explores the work of seven influential modernists.

Modernism After the Death of God explores the work of seven influential modernists.

'Prosthesis' denotes a rhetorical 'addition' to a pre-existing 'beginning', a 'replacement' for that which is 'defective or absent', a technological mode of 'correction' that reveals a history of corporeal and psychic discontent.

'Prosthesis' denotes a rhetorical 'addition' to a pre-existing 'beginning', a 'replacement' for that which is 'defective or absent', a technological mode of 'correction' that reveals a history of corporeal and psychic discontent.

Arab American Aesthetics enlists a wide range of voices to explore, if not tentatively define, what could constitute Arab American aesthetics in literature, material culture, film, and theatre.

Arab American Aesthetics enlists a wide range of voices to explore, if not tentatively define, what could constitute Arab American aesthetics in literature, material culture, film, and theatre.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of major works in Japanese literature and film through the interpretive lens of trauma and PTSD studies.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of major works in Japanese literature and film through the interpretive lens of trauma and PTSD studies.

Newspapers and TV often report controversial risk warnings over technological innovations, scientific developments, or environmental hazards that have at their core a dispute between experts who contradict one another not only on preferred policy but also on the scientific facts that underlie decisions about public policy.

Newspapers and TV often report controversial risk warnings over technological innovations, scientific developments, or environmental hazards that have at their core a dispute between experts who contradict one another not only on preferred policy but also on the scientific facts that underlie decisions about public policy.

This collection features original essays that examine Walter Benjamin's and Theodor Adorno's essays and correspondence on literature.

This collection features original essays that examine Walter Benjamin's and Theodor Adorno's essays and correspondence on literature.

This volume will be a 'time capsule' of the first 10 years of Studies in Documentary Film (2007-2016), tracing not only the development of the journal but also of documentary studies in the same period.

This volume will be a 'time capsule' of the first 10 years of Studies in Documentary Film (2007-2016), tracing not only the development of the journal but also of documentary studies in the same period.

This book presents an alternative framework for reading nineteenth century women's travel narratives by challenging the traditional paradigms which often limit women's space in print culture.

This book presents an alternative framework for reading nineteenth century women's travel narratives by challenging the traditional paradigms which often limit women's space in print culture.

If the Al-Qaeda terrorists who attacked the United States in 2001 wanted to weaken the West, they achieved their mission by striking a blow at the heart of democracy.

How was the post-modernist project contested, subverted and assimilated in India?

How was the post-modernist project contested, subverted and assimilated in India?

This is the first English translation of Andrei V.

This is the first English translation of Andrei V.

Since publication over twenty years ago, The Translator's Invisibility has provoked debate and controversy within the field of translation and become a classic text.

Since publication over twenty years ago, The Translator's Invisibility has provoked debate and controversy within the field of translation and become a classic text.

How did literary aestheticism emerge in Victorian Britain, with its competing models of religious doubt and visions of secularisation?

How did literary aestheticism emerge in Victorian Britain, with its competing models of religious doubt and visions of secularisation?

This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature.

This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature.

The corpus of literary works shaped by the Renaissance and the Baroque that appeared in Spain during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries had a transforming effect on writing throughout Europe and left a rich legacy that scholars continue to explore.

The corpus of literary works shaped by the Renaissance and the Baroque that appeared in Spain during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries had a transforming effect on writing throughout Europe and left a rich legacy that scholars continue to explore.

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), who died at the stake, is one of the best-known symbols of anti-establishment thought.

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), who died at the stake, is one of the best-known symbols of anti-establishment thought.

Before the Portuguese Royal Court moved to its South-American colony in 1808, books and periodicals had a very limited circulation there.

Before the Portuguese Royal Court moved to its South-American colony in 1808, books and periodicals had a very limited circulation there.

The first part of Goethe's dramatic poem Faust (1808), one of the great works of German literature, grabbed the attention of Byron and Percy Shelley in the 1810s, engaging them in a shared fascination that was to exert an important influence over their writings.

The first part of Goethe's dramatic poem Faust (1808), one of the great works of German literature, grabbed the attention of Byron and Percy Shelley in the 1810s, engaging them in a shared fascination that was to exert an important influence over their writings.

Although fictional responses to Caravaggio date back to the painter's lifetime (1571-1610), it was during the second half of the twentieth century that interest in him took off outside the world of art history.

Although fictional responses to Caravaggio date back to the painter's lifetime (1571-1610), it was during the second half of the twentieth century that interest in him took off outside the world of art history.

James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) has been recognized as a central model for the Spanish American 'New Narrative'.

James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) has been recognized as a central model for the Spanish American 'New Narrative'.

Helene Cixous (1937-), distinguished not least as a playwright herself, told Le Monde in 1977 that she no longer went to the theatre: it presented women only as reflections of men, used for their visual effect.

Helene Cixous (1937-), distinguished not least as a playwright herself, told Le Monde in 1977 that she no longer went to the theatre: it presented women only as reflections of men, used for their visual effect.

In the course of the nineteenth century France built up a colonial empire second only to Britain's.