Originally published in 1991, this elegantly written book offers new readers a useful approach to the work of Evelyn Waugh and will persuade those familiar with it to look at it afresh.
In a novel pairing of anti-colonial theorist Frantz Fanon with Marxist-Lacanian philosopher Slavoj i ek, Zahi Zalloua explores the ways both thinkers expose the violence of political structures.
Examining contemporary literary depictions of environmental disasters through a North South axis, this book explores the resonances and dissonances between environmentalisms of marginalized communities in the U.
Puzzling Modernism in Twentieth-Century Literature identifies a sustained interest in puzzles, such as the jigsaw and Fifteen Puzzle, dating back to the 1880s in the United States, and argues that puzzles appealed to modernist authors because they offer a framework for acknowledging the grim realities of modern life without sacrificing the possibility for reconnection and regaining a sense of wholeness.
Puzzling Modernism in Twentieth-Century Literature identifies a sustained interest in puzzles, such as the jigsaw and Fifteen Puzzle, dating back to the 1880s in the United States, and argues that puzzles appealed to modernist authors because they offer a framework for acknowledging the grim realities of modern life without sacrificing the possibility for reconnection and regaining a sense of wholeness.
La Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero presenta una nueva edicion de las Obras completas de Ruben Dario en diez tomos, cada uno de ellos dividido en una cantidad variable de volumenes.
The Routledge Handbook of CoFuturisms delivers a new, inclusive examination of science fiction, from close analyses of single texts to large-scale movements, providing readers with decolonized models of the future, including print, media, race, gender and social justice.
This book considers diverse philosophical topics unified by the identification of false moves commonly found in modern philosophy, mainstream Anglo-American philosophy, and social theory.
Jack Kerouac was one of Americas great writers of the latter half of the 20th century, yet he endured a life characterized by persistent hardship and disillusion.
Jack Kerouac was one of Americas great writers of the latter half of the 20th century, yet he endured a life characterized by persistent hardship and disillusion.
Animal Satire presents a cultural history of animal satire, a critically neglected but persistent presence in the history of cultural production, in which animals expose human folly while the strategies of satire expose the folly of human-animal relations.
This book considers diverse philosophical topics unified by the identification of false moves commonly found in modern philosophy, mainstream Anglo-American philosophy, and social theory.
Als literarischer Handlungsraum hat sich die Stadt, vor allem die Großstadt, sowohl mit Blick auf die Erzählformen als auch in den semantischen Zuschreibungen innerhalb von etwa 150 Jahren grundlegend gewandelt.
Als literarischer Handlungsraum hat sich die Stadt, vor allem die Großstadt, sowohl mit Blick auf die Erzählformen als auch in den semantischen Zuschreibungen innerhalb von etwa 150 Jahren grundlegend gewandelt.
Originally published in 1979, the central focus of this study is the concept of culture as employed by English literary intellectuals over the preceding 100 years, a period characterized by a constant process of re-definition and change.
Family in Children's and Young Adult Literature is a comprehensive study of the family in Anglophone children's and Young Adult literature from the early nineteenth century to the present day.
A page-turner about page-turners Janice Hallett The perfect piece of armchair detection Ruth Ware Hugely entertaining and unexpectedly gripping London Review of BooksA true detective story from the age of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L.
The Routledge Handbook of CoFuturisms delivers a new, inclusive examination of science fiction, from close analyses of single texts to large-scale movements, providing readers with decolonized models of the future, including print, media, race, gender and social justice.
Originally published in 1979, the central focus of this study is the concept of culture as employed by English literary intellectuals over the preceding 100 years, a period characterized by a constant process of re-definition and change.
This book provides a critical discussion of True Crime literature, arguing for the deconstruction of the genre into subgenres that better reflect a work's contents.
Ayn Rand, author of the best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, is beloved by millions of readers, and equally despised by a significant number of detractors.
Der Band nimmt das titelgebende Tocotronic-Zitat zum heuristischen Ausgangspunkt, um das Verhältnis von Kunst und Wirklichkeit und damit den Entwurf von ‚Realität‘ insgesamt in deutschsprachigen Popschreibweisen seit 2000 zu untersuchen.
Der Band nimmt das titelgebende Tocotronic-Zitat zum heuristischen Ausgangspunkt, um das Verhältnis von Kunst und Wirklichkeit und damit den Entwurf von ‚Realität‘ insgesamt in deutschsprachigen Popschreibweisen seit 2000 zu untersuchen.
This book shows how Latin American writers and artists in the crisis-decades of the 1920s and 1930s used modernist techniques to explore national issues in relation to global capitalism.
El infatigable Italo Calvino habría cumplido cien años el 15 de octubre de 2023 si el esfuerzo excesivo que conlleva ser, entre otras cosas, «diligente redactor editorial» no hubiera acabado con él.
This book shows how Latin American writers and artists in the crisis-decades of the 1920s and 1930s used modernist techniques to explore national issues in relation to global capitalism.
A crime novel, at once disturbing and perversely comforting, factually has been known to curtail social anxieties through the 'open and shut case' of its narrative form.
From its origin as the Roman city of Londinium through to its latest incarnation as a super-diverse World City in the twenty-first century, London's history and culture has been shaped by migration.
