Comparative literature

Much can be learned from a nation's literature.

Since World War II critics have been predicting the decline of the novel.

Since World War II critics have been predicting the decline of the novel.

This collection of essays discusses some of the important books, authors, and literary trends of a volatile era in American and world literature whose cultural repercussions are still being felt.

This collection of essays discusses some of the important books, authors, and literary trends of a volatile era in American and world literature whose cultural repercussions are still being felt.

Critics of fiction have long been aware that the romantic movement in Europe and America gave a powerful impulse to the art of fiction.

Critics of fiction have long been aware that the romantic movement in Europe and America gave a powerful impulse to the art of fiction.

The events of 1989 were the material of great reporting.

The events of 1989 were the material of great reporting.

The development of technology and the hunger for information has caused a wave of change in daily life in America.

The development of technology and the hunger for information has caused a wave of change in daily life in America.

"e;The authorsahave analyzed the television problem brilliantly.

"e;The authorsahave analyzed the television problem brilliantly.

Goethe once remarked that "e;every emancipation of the spirit is pernicious unless there is a corresponding growth of control.

Goethe once remarked that "e;every emancipation of the spirit is pernicious unless there is a corresponding growth of control.

Today, people in different situations and contexts face intercultural challenges.

Today, people in different situations and contexts face intercultural challenges.

Epic does many things.

Epic does many things.

This latest volume in the Culture & Civilization series gathers interdisciplinary voices to present a collection of essays on travel and travel narratives.

This latest volume in the Culture & Civilization series gathers interdisciplinary voices to present a collection of essays on travel and travel narratives.

From their inception, video games quickly became a major new arena of popular entertainment.

From their inception, video games quickly became a major new arena of popular entertainment.

In modern-day America, newspaper advice columns have become public forums for the discussion of human sexuality.

In modern-day America, newspaper advice columns have become public forums for the discussion of human sexuality.

A Culture of Its Own: Taking Latin America Seriously presents Mark Falcoff's essays on the region.

A Culture of Its Own: Taking Latin America Seriously presents Mark Falcoff's essays on the region.

This four-volume historical resource provides new opportunities for investigating the relationship between religion, literature and society in Britain and its imperial territories by making accessible a diverse selection of harder-to-find primary sources.

This four-volume historical resource provides new opportunities for investigating the relationship between religion, literature and society in Britain and its imperial territories by making accessible a diverse selection of harder-to-find primary sources.

News coverage on Africa is closely connected not only with how Western audiences see the continent, but also with how a wide Western audience builds its opinion on issues that carry consequences for the public's and governments' support and policy towards development aid.

News coverage on Africa is closely connected not only with how Western audiences see the continent, but also with how a wide Western audience builds its opinion on issues that carry consequences for the public's and governments' support and policy towards development aid.

This book brings together essays on North East India from across disciplines to explore new understandings of the colonial and contemporary realities of the region.

This book brings together essays on North East India from across disciplines to explore new understandings of the colonial and contemporary realities of the region.

The federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which recently turned 50, has been hailed as the primary means by which US citizens can know about how their governors operate in a democratic republic.

The federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which recently turned 50, has been hailed as the primary means by which US citizens can know about how their governors operate in a democratic republic.

This book makes an important return to reception studies at an exciting juncture of media distribution and modes of consumption.

This book makes an important return to reception studies at an exciting juncture of media distribution and modes of consumption.

First published in 1989, this book analyses fiction and long narrative, drawing on a broad range of writing from earlier periods and on recent narrative theory.

First published in 1989, this book analyses fiction and long narrative, drawing on a broad range of writing from earlier periods and on recent narrative theory.

New Perspectives on Community and the Modernist Subject: Finite, Singular, Exposed offers new approaches to the modernist subject and its relation to community.

New Perspectives on Community and the Modernist Subject: Finite, Singular, Exposed offers new approaches to the modernist subject and its relation to community.

Engaging the Crusades is a series of volumes which offer windows into a newly-emerging field of historical study: the memory and legacy of the crusades.

Engaging the Crusades is a series of volumes which offer windows into a newly-emerging field of historical study: the memory and legacy of the crusades.

This volume is about studies of Shen Congwen (1902-1988), one of the most important writers in modern China, but more importantly, it is about how Shen Congwen has been received in and beyond Mainland China.

This volume is about studies of Shen Congwen (1902-1988), one of the most important writers in modern China, but more importantly, it is about how Shen Congwen has been received in and beyond Mainland China.

Easy A (2010) is the last significant box-office success in the high-school teen movie subgenre and a film that has already been deemed a 'classic' by many cultural commentators and popular film critics.

Easy A (2010) is the last significant box-office success in the high-school teen movie subgenre and a film that has already been deemed a 'classic' by many cultural commentators and popular film critics.

Reading London in Wartime: Blitz, the People and Propaganda in 1940s Literature presents an expansive variety of writers and genres, including non-fiction and film approaches, to build a comprehensive social picture of the atmosphere during wartime London.

Reading London in Wartime: Blitz, the People and Propaganda in 1940s Literature presents an expansive variety of writers and genres, including non-fiction and film approaches, to build a comprehensive social picture of the atmosphere during wartime London.

Bridging art and innovation, this book invites readers into the processes of artists, curators, cultural producers and historians who are working within new contexts that run parallel to or against the phenomenon of 'maker culture'.