Comparative literature

This collection establishes new perspectives on the idea of mystery, as it is enacted and encoded in the genre of detective fiction.

This interdisciplinary volume interrogates bodily thinking in avant-garde texts from Spain and Italy during the early twentieth century and their relevance to larger modernist preoccupations with corporeality.

This interdisciplinary volume interrogates bodily thinking in avant-garde texts from Spain and Italy during the early twentieth century and their relevance to larger modernist preoccupations with corporeality.

This book, first published in 1947, is collection of critical essays by Herbert Read that had not been previously published in book form.

This book, first published in 1947, is collection of critical essays by Herbert Read that had not been previously published in book form.

Throughout modern Iranian history, culture has served as a means of imposing unity and cohesion onto society.

Throughout modern Iranian history, culture has served as a means of imposing unity and cohesion onto society.

Linking fiction with history and historical theory, 'A New Type of History': Fictional Proposals for dealing with the Past focuses on a selection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century novelists - Tolstoy, Proust, John Cowper Powys, Virginia Woolf, Wyndham Lewis, Penelope Lively, and James Hamilton-Paterson - who have criticized scientifically based history and proposed alternative ways of approaching the past: more subjective and personal, colourful and imaginative, and above all ethically orientated.

Linking fiction with history and historical theory, 'A New Type of History': Fictional Proposals for dealing with the Past focuses on a selection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century novelists - Tolstoy, Proust, John Cowper Powys, Virginia Woolf, Wyndham Lewis, Penelope Lively, and James Hamilton-Paterson - who have criticized scientifically based history and proposed alternative ways of approaching the past: more subjective and personal, colourful and imaginative, and above all ethically orientated.

News production, distribution and consumption are in rapidly changing due to the rise of new media.

News production, distribution and consumption are in rapidly changing due to the rise of new media.

The Routledge Companion to Adaptation offers a broad range of scholarship from this growing, interdisciplinary field.

With contributions from an international array of scholars, this volume opens a dialogue between discourses of security and hospitality in modern and contemporary literature and culture.

With contributions from an international array of scholars, this volume opens a dialogue between discourses of security and hospitality in modern and contemporary literature and culture.

Tropical Gothic examines Gothic within a specific geographical area of 'the South' of the Americas.

Tropical Gothic examines Gothic within a specific geographical area of 'the South' of the Americas.

At a juncture in which art and culture are saturated with the forces of commodification, this book argues that problems, forms, and positions that defined modernism are crucially relevant to the condition of contemporary art and culture.

At a juncture in which art and culture are saturated with the forces of commodification, this book argues that problems, forms, and positions that defined modernism are crucially relevant to the condition of contemporary art and culture.

A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory is a classic introduction to the complex yet crucial area of literary theory.

A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory is a classic introduction to the complex yet crucial area of literary theory.

This book brings together a variety of perspectives to explore the role of literature in the aftermath of political conflict, studying the ways in which writers approach violent conflict and the equally important subject of peace.

This book brings together a variety of perspectives to explore the role of literature in the aftermath of political conflict, studying the ways in which writers approach violent conflict and the equally important subject of peace.

Cultural and regional differences in creating and managing advertising require unique responses to a dynamic, rapidly globalising business environment.

Letras Hispanicas en la Gran Pantalla es un libro de texto innovador para estudiantes avanzados de estudios hispanicos, que fusiona los estudios de obras literarias canonicas y sus adaptaciones cinematograficas.

Letras Hispanicas en la Gran Pantalla es un libro de texto innovador para estudiantes avanzados de estudios hispanicos, que fusiona los estudios de obras literarias canonicas y sus adaptaciones cinematograficas.

The Routledge Companion to World Literature and World History is a comprehensive and engaging volume, combining essays from historians and literary academics to create a space for productive cross-cultural encounters between the two fields.

In Football and Accelerated Culture, Steve Redhead offers a new and challenging theorisation of global football culture, exploring the relationship between sport and culture in a rapidly shifting world.

In Football and Accelerated Culture, Steve Redhead offers a new and challenging theorisation of global football culture, exploring the relationship between sport and culture in a rapidly shifting world.

Drawing on a wide range of social science disciplines and approaches, each chapter in this book offers a comprehensive analysis of social protest, political dissent and collective action.

Drawing on a wide range of social science disciplines and approaches, each chapter in this book offers a comprehensive analysis of social protest, political dissent and collective action.

Originally published in 1991.

Originally published in 1991.

Culture, Learning, and Technology: Research and Practice provides readers with an overview of the research on culture, learning, and technology (CLT) and introduces the concept of culture-related theoretical frameworks.

Culture, Learning, and Technology: Research and Practice provides readers with an overview of the research on culture, learning, and technology (CLT) and introduces the concept of culture-related theoretical frameworks.

In recent years, we have witnessed the mushrooming of pro- democracy and protest movements not only in the Arab world, but also within Europe and the Americas.

In recent years, we have witnessed the mushrooming of pro- democracy and protest movements not only in the Arab world, but also within Europe and the Americas.

From the claustrophobic environment of Haworth Parsonage emerged an astonishing range and diversity of character and talent.

From the claustrophobic environment of Haworth Parsonage emerged an astonishing range and diversity of character and talent.

This volume focuses on the (de)canonization processes in children's literature, considering the construction and cultural-historical changes of canons in different children's literatures.

As the Olympic spectacle grows, broadcast coverage becomes bigger, more complex, and more sophisticated.

Modernist movements radically transformed the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literary establishment, and their effects are still felt today.

Modernist movements radically transformed the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literary establishment, and their effects are still felt today.

In an era when rapid social change, the disappearance of traditional communities, the rise of political populism and the threat posed by radical religious movements makes it appear that 'all that is solid melts into air', the classical sociological problem of how peaceable societies can be created and maintained assumes renewed urgency.

In an era when rapid social change, the disappearance of traditional communities, the rise of political populism and the threat posed by radical religious movements makes it appear that 'all that is solid melts into air', the classical sociological problem of how peaceable societies can be created and maintained assumes renewed urgency.

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In this book, Steve Gronert Ellerhoff explores short stories by Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut, written between 1943 and 1968, with a post-Jungian approach.

First published in French in 1988, and in English in 1992, this companion explores the nature of the literary myth in a collection of over 100 essays, from Abraham to Zoroaster.

First published in French in 1988, and in English in 1992, this companion explores the nature of the literary myth in a collection of over 100 essays, from Abraham to Zoroaster.

In this book, Steve Gronert Ellerhoff explores short stories by Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut, written between 1943 and 1968, with a post-Jungian approach.